Porsche

Maintenance schedule

Cayman (981) — 2014–2016

At Geha Performance, we know your car's maintenance matters to you. Here is the complete maintenance schedule for your Porsche Cayman (981), so you always know where you stand and what comes next.

Find your mileage along the top of the table. The column just before it shows what was due at the last service; the column just after, what is due at the next one. Each X marks a service that is due. The service is due at whichever comes first: the mileage or the time.

Example: at 132,000 km, the last service was the 120,000 km service and the next one is the 135,000 km service.

So-called “lifetime” fluids

For some components, such as a manual transmission or a differential, the manufacturer schedules no fluid change: it calls the oil “lifetime”. It does not say whose lifetime, and its warranty does end. Oil still ages: heat and the work of the gears break it down, mile after mile. Worn oil protects gears, synchros and bearings less well, and a transmission or differential costs far more than a fluid change.

Geha Performance therefore recommends changing these fluids at the intervals shown in the table. Where possible, each interval comes from an identical or very similar component for which a manufacturer, or the fluid's maker, publishes a change; each row's note gives the source. These rows are a Geha Performance recommendation, not the manufacturer's.

See the oil change kits

Maintenance schedule by mileage, from 15,000 to 300,000 km — Model years 2014–2016
Service	15,000km	30,000km	45,000km	60,000km	75,000km	90,000km	105,000km	120,000km	135,000km	150,000km	165,000km	180,000km	195,000km	210,000km	225,000km	240,000km	255,000km	270,000km	285,000km	300,000km
Replacements
Engine oil and filter (or every year) Geha kit available →	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Cabin filter and pre-filter		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Engine air filter				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Spark plugs (or every 4 years)				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Drive belt: replace (or every 6 years)						Due						Due						Due
Manual transmission: oil (or every 12 years)												Due
PDK transmission: oil (or every 12 years)												Due
PDK transmission: clutch oil (or every 12 years)												Due
Inspections
Fault memory: read with the diagnostic tool		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Washer and headlight washer: fluid level		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Horn		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Tires: wear, condition and pressure		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Batteries and vent hoses		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Electrical equipment, warning and indicator lights		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Front lid lock and safety hook		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Body drains: debris		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Wiper blades		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Exterior lighting		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Headlights: aim		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Radiators and air intakes: debris and blockage		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Pads and discs: wear (wheels on)		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Brakes: lines, hoses and fluid level		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Drive shaft boots		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Coolant: level and freeze protection		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Full road test		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Accessory belt				Due						Due						Due
Seat belts: function				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Door locks				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Underside and engine compartment: leaks, chafing and panels				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Front and rear axles: play, ball joints and tie rod ends				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Exhaust: leaks and mountings				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Fuel system: lines and connections				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Engine, transmission and chassis mounts: rubber parts and boots (or every 4 years)								Due								Due

By time, regardless of mileage

Brake fluid: Every 2 years
Tire repair kit: sealant: Use-by date checked every 2 years, replaced if needed
Scheduled services, if the mileage is not reached: Intermediate service no later than after 2, 6, 10 years…; full service after 4, 8, 12 years…
Coolant: replace¹: Every 5 years

1. Geha Performance recommendations for so-called “lifetime” fluids: Why we recommend this ↑

Coolant: replace. The manufacturer only has the level and freeze protection checked. Geha Performance recommends a change every 5 years, the interval published in the technical data sheet of a long-life G13-type coolant (5 years or 250,000 km).

Past 300,000 km, the cycle starts over: at 315,000 km, use the 15,000 km column.

Source: Porsche Cars North America's official maintenance checklists for the Boxster and Cayman (981), "2013-on" (PNA 000 162 MA and MB), with the km intervals published by Porsche. Intervals for normal use.

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