Redline Fluid recommendation causes issues in Porsche 718 PDK

[FlyPenFly]

Just thought this was interesting.

I believe the Redline fluid recommendation thing they have online is way too generous on what it thinks it can cover. Using their recommendations caused major issues for this guy:


Personally, I plan to do this as well but I'll be using at least the Fuchs FFL-3 version since it's extremely likely it's the same as the Pentosin.

The Redline fluid recommendation system also recommended a diff fluid for my C63 E-diff that my car didn't like very much. I changed it out for Castrol Transmax which worked great.

 

[Andyd95]

We’ve always used Pentosin for PDK with great results and almost always Redline for the final drive/diff - no problems.

 

[D60]

I tried. He's painfully difficult to watch. So, nope.

 

[FlyPenFly]

I tried. He's painfully difficult to watch. So, nope.

What’s so bad about it?

I guess personally I was watching for the information to do it myself so it wasn’t for entertainment.

 

[Donald]

Do we know what the actual problems were? More than subjective.

Saying my car did not like xyz gear oil does not mean much.

Mistakes can happen. Was Redline contacted?

Redline has a high quality reputation. Not like going into Family Dollar to use their vehicle recommation tool to find the best Family Dollar gear oil for your Porsche.

 

[scrllock]

Redline's recs are pretty generous sometimes, especially the universal transmission fluids with a million suggested applications. On a modern dual clutch, I would never use anything but OEM, but particularly on the newer 7-speeds. The Fuchs/Pentosin fluids are usually not too hard to find either.