Change History

As the clutch became harder to engage smoothly and as shifting became harder to accomplish smoothly and assuming with nearly 280K miles the original clutch and tranny were nearing the end of their life I found out it had been 2.5 years since I last had the brake/clutch fluid flushed and bled.

I had the brake/clutch fluid flush/bleed done and afterwards while I could feel no change in the braking at all the clutch action was much improved and the shifting once again became like a hot knife through butter smooth. Given the transformation of the clutch action I would have to believe braking is being affected in some way if only by exposure to old fluid that is past its change by date.

Based on my experience my advice is to follow Porsche on this and have this service done at least every two years regardless of miles covered.

Oh, normally I try to have this service done every 2 years, but I lost track of time on when I last had this done on the Boxster.

As the clutch became harder to engage smoothly and as shifting became harder to accomplish smoothly and assuming with nearly 280K miles the original clutch and tranny were nearing the end of their life I found out it had been 2.5 years since I last had the brake/clutch fluid flushed and bled.

I had the brake/clutch fluid flush/bleed done and afterwards while I could feel no change in the braking at all the clutch action was much improved and the shifting once again became like a hot knife through butter smooth. Given the transformation of the clutch action I would have to believe braking is being affected in some way if only by exposure to old fluid that is past its change by date.

Based on my experience my advice is to follow Porsche on this and have this service done at least every two years regardless of miles covered.