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Arctic Silver, w. metropol blue interior and top. Maintained precisely, and in perfect running condition. Approx. 122K miles, mostly highway, otherwise garaged. Interior, top, trunks and exterior in VERY nice condition. A really sweet car for a top down cruise along A1A, or a road trip to Nashville. Usual options, plus heated seats, LMS intermediate shaft bearing upgrade, great tires & brby Mike Tarter - Cars for Sale
Thanx folks. Holly happydaze! Cheers!by Mike Tarter - Main Forum
Hello all, My 02 Boxster declined to crank up the other day (was driven to a social event). Got home with a jump start, so I figured the alternator was working, just the battery dying. Did diagnosis at home - battery was replaced on June 2010 and was a bit down on electrolyte, but not seriously. Checked idle charging voltage at the battery - it is 14.5 volts. Hmm, I was expecting more like 13by Mike Tarter - Main Forum
Well , the AOS was apparently the culprit. Whattta PITA to change. The worst part was to reinsert the lower tube back into the hole in the engine case. then make sure the bellows was fully seated, the get the dang 10 mm bolts to align and thread in. Arrgh! And damn that Porsche engineer that thought it would be a great idea to put a cable connector and bracket right in the way of getting atby Mike Tarter - Main Forum
Thanx for the quick replys, guys. Uh, sorry i forgot to mention year & mileage (2002, about 70K, non S) Pedro, Yup, checked the oil cap, but first checked it with engine off when I got 'er home. Seemed secure. Was surprised by the vacuum when running, and I only ran it long enough to recheck the error codes. Marc, you've been there, done that. (I wonder if anybodys looked into what faiby Mike Tarter - Main Forum
Well, the CEL lit up on my way home, the codes seem to relate to a variety of possible faults. The car runs fine at speed, but has a grumpy idle. Some of the likely candidates are the MAF, or the AOS (air oil separator, which seems to often fail in the 50-80K range), or possibly something to do with the evaporative vapor / vacuum canister. One source I read mentioned that he couldn't remove hiby Mike Tarter - Main Forum
A friend of mine has a set of new black OEM Boxster floor mats with Porsche name for sale for $100. Also a set of the OEM trunk liners (custom fit Boxster trunks, protects the fuzzies) for $100. I've no idea if this this is reasonable ya'll. Contact me by email or her at 561-722-0045by Mike Tarter - Parts for Sale