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QuoteJMstamford,ct Over the years, you have been a consistent presence on the board. I font of good information and good stories. I have to say that it frosts me they cannot fix that car. I am willing to bet some indie mechanic will fix it with a $2.00 jubilee clip. All of the above said, you clear got your money's worth out of the car. But it just feels wrong to have to give it up for thisby MarcW - Main Forum
Guess the final chapter has been written. At least the final chapter as far as I'm concerned. Today I picked up the Boxster, paid the $198 diagnostic fee and drove the car straight to the Livermore Porsche dealer where I dropped it off and left all the keys. The used car manager already had the title. Signed a release of liability form and have a copy I can use to get a nearly $1000 car insurancby MarcW - Main Forum
Quoteboxsterd AOS was probably last replaced around 50k miles ago. IIRC it was replaced after there was massive amounts of smoke from the car. There's no smoke. How much is it around to replace the AOS? That the AOS is the problem is not 100% certain. The 1st AOS failure of my 2002 Boxster started out with just the slightest idle variation. I futzed around some and because of the lack of experieby MarcW - Main Forum
Quoteboxsterd Hi does anyone know what's wrong or this is an easy DIY to fix? When the engine is warmed up and I'm at a stop sign the RPM needle goes back and forth between the 3rd and about the 4th tick mark. It's a 2.7L base boxster. Could it be worn/dirty spark plugs? Thanks. Not plugs or coils. More than likely AOS. When was this last replaced? (BTW, I just had a new AOS installed on my 2by MarcW - Main Forum
and doesn't perform any better than the less expensive one. It might last longer but at IIRC approx. 3x the cost of the less expensive one it had better last forever. Speaking of AOS's I've bought my last AOS for my Boxster, unless the dealer does fix the Boxster, in which case I will buy just one more. Earlier today I spoke to the buyer and he said for me to not put any moeny into the car. Heby MarcW - Main Forum
Quotegrant As to AoS failures, I have a 'back of my head" concern that the oil usage I'm chasing in my otherwise great-running track motor (new, rebuild) may be the 1 year old AoS, simply overwhelmed by the high sustained pressure, high temperature oil vapor, and hgih flow of track use (put foot too floor, wait, brake hard, repeat). Maybe i shoudl keep them on the shelf G Technically I'm not suby MarcW - Main Forum
Got an email from the SA. The cause of the Boxster P1128 error code is.... AOS! What!? Yep, AOS. The current AOS was installed fall of 2014 so it is just 3 years old and has probably only racked up 30K miles (10K miles per year is my new annual mileage with the Boxster since I no longer take it out on long road trips.) Because of this while I considered the AOS as a possible suspect it waby MarcW - Main Forum
I don't think I really have that much to offer any more. My Boxster is a 2002 model and my automotive service/repair experience is even in the more distant past. And absent any Porsche/Boxster experience going forward I'd fill in the gaps with Challenger/JCW stuff and as anxious as you are to see me stay you would be even more anxious to see me leave after reading me going on and on about my newby MarcW - Main Forum
Quotefrogster funny how these boards are and the acquaintances that you acquire feel like old friends. it's strange knowing that you are porsche-less after having known you on this board and ppbb before it for what seems like a long, long time. i remember your cayman adventure that didn't last very long. i remember your being in europe and us not getting a chance to meet. i hope that this does nby MarcW - Main Forum
QuoteGuenter in Ontario Enjoy the new rides Marc. We'll certainly miss hearing of the miles you've piled on your Boxster. The new cars will certainly be totally different, one with front wheel drive and the other front engine and rear wheel drive. With the two new cars, you shouldn't have to do anything but add gas and drive for quite some time. Oh I intend to. Just gas and drive... Boy thoseby MarcW - Main Forum
QuoteMikenOH I will miss your stories about the Boxster, but as you said, it was time to move on. What's the new owner plan to do with it? Spec racer, perhaps? Sorry, I was not clear. Both cars are sold, but I sold them to the Porsche dealer. A tech at the dealer might end up with the Boxster. For a Porsche tech that would be a very good car. He can certainly work on it and get parts at a disby MarcW - Main Forum
a couple of hundred dollars and comes with a new and improved/better IMSB and so other hardware. 'course, one is still required to drop the transmission to fit the new bearing. What with all that has been going on this week I have not been able to obtain any details on this kit. If I had kept the Boxster when it came time to replace the clutch I would have had this Porsche upgraded IMSB installby MarcW - Main Forum
QuoteRoger987 I'm lost. You wrote 'I will hold it against the dealer'. Is your exposure limited to $198, and the dealer is going to eat the cost of fixing the problem? Oh, God. That's what I get for staying up late. And failing to proof read before I posted. And this site not supporting editing after a message has been posted. Anyhow, thanks for catching the mistake. What I meant to write wby MarcW - Main Forum
Don't hate me but I have I decided it is time for the Boxster and I to part. Been a good car and because of it I bought 2 other Porsches. But even if the car gets fixed it is gone. I have it sold. The Turbo is sold too and gone. I picked up the check today. As soon as I deliver the Boxster I get paid for it. You probably know about the 2018 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack I bought back on 12/1by MarcW - Main Forum
Service advisor finally got in touch with me today. The tech is having to block off every vacuum line to the engine one at a time and then run the engine and test to try to pinpoint what's leaking. I don't know if I mentioned this before but I did tell the service advisor if he wanted to draw the curtain closed on this I'd pay the $198 diagnostic charge but of course *not* the $990 fee he said hby MarcW - Main Forum
Drove to the dealer today. Spotted the car in the 1st bay with the top in the service position. I walked up and peered over into the engine bay expecting to see the engine exposed but the metal cover was in place. I said something like "The cover's not even off yet." The tech who I found out is working on the car heard this and said "You'd be surprised how many times that cover's been off and bacby MarcW - Main Forum
Quotedb997S Important to purchase with the brain and not the heart. Enjoy the new ride. Is the visibility any good in those cars? I get them confused with the Dodges (Charger/Challenger), but it seems like riding in a bucket with little green house to see out of while driving. Yours definitely looks like a wolf in sheep's clothing. Nothing to suggest the monster under the hood (shaker-type hby MarcW - Main Forum
Quotedb997S Miami Blue is a great color. My local dealer also had an S Cab in it, as well as a 4S Targa (black wheels). Both very eye catching. Porsche must have "forced" these spec cars on dealers as I've seen them in other show rooms. I'm pretty sure they did similar in '09 when I brought my Aqua Blue S Cab. There were many in inventory up and down the eastern seaboard. I finally purchaseby MarcW - Main Forum
QuoteEd B Had a similar P1128 code, lean at idle. Replaced the MAF sensor. Problem gone 2000 Boxster S with 45000 miles. Ed B Even though based on my info a bad MAF is not on the list of possible faults for a P1128 error code early on in an attempt to eliminate the persistent P1128 error I did replace the MAF. That the MAF was the original MAF and while it hasn't been in service the entire 15+by MarcW - Main Forum
A new (718) Cayman/Cayman S with a 6-speed.by MarcW - Main Forum
The Boxster's back in the shop to get that P1128 error code sorted. It came back after a bit of time after the tech cleaned the leaves out of the air box and cleaned the throttle body. A bit different this time. Before the code indicated the DME was having to *remove* fuel the engine was running too rich. Now the code indicates the DME is havinig to *add* fuel the engine is running too lean. Thisby MarcW - Main Forum
QuoteSMILIN Thank you Grant and Marc. Revised plan to research and discuss with the shop: 1) dump the original springs that have been sitting in the attic for 18 years 2) new M030 springs and shocks and rubber mounting bits (M030 avail with '98? standard if not) 3) inspect, clean, grease, new boots for half-shafts 4) inspect all rubber and replace liberally What are a couple of the current leby MarcW - Main Forum
QuoteSMILIN I'm approaching 20 years and 147k miles on my '98. About 18 years and 110k miles, many track days and autocrosses (SMILES!) on H+R springs and 030 shocks. I haven't tracked the car in 8+ years and have been thinking about returning to OEM springs and shocks to reduce bottoming out on speed bumps, scraping the bumper on everything, and, well, sorry, but improving comfort. This shoulby MarcW - Main Forum
Quotesnc22782 MarcW, What software/scanner are you using to be able to read that live voltage data on your computer? a CarChip Pro (or Fleet Pro) which can be set up to read (among other things) battery voltage. Well, the CarChip doesn't read battery voltage like it reads say RPMs or vehicle speed. What it does is the firmware makes an AD/C measurement of the voltage level and converts the analby MarcW - Main Forum
Quotegrant The one new Porsche that calls to me and might open my famously closed wallet. Terrific car, once one tames the front end plow (alignment and rear roll stiffness fixes). As usual Porsche dialed the agility out for "safety". I am not aware of it being substantially worse than other new model Porsches, specifically Caymans in terms of maintenance. In fact, its really not all that difby MarcW - Main Forum
at a torque converter seal. The fluid can just gush out. Kind of reads like what has happened to your car. The Boxster Tip is pretty similar to transmissions used in other makes of cars and there are a number of transmission shops that can rebuild these transmissions and the Tip. My local dealer service department tells me they get cars with a bad Tip in once in awhile and often the owner electby MarcW - Main Forum
but I can guess it is because GT4 is a high performance car and all its hardware is packaged pretty darn tight which makes for more time to get at, swap, replace things. Kind of like the difference between my Boxster and my 996 Turbo. While the Boxster is a pretty nicely packaged car the Turbo has some pretty impressive packaging especially in the engine compartment, and around the rear transmisby MarcW - Main Forum
post but had practically no details other than it exists and costs "a couple of hundred dollars". I'm still short on details and the parts manager reported he was unable to find the "kit" in the catalog. I spoke with the tech and he reports the kit is real, it exists, and he'll work with the parts manager to help him find it. The catalog is huge and it is easy to miss something and the parts manby MarcW - Main Forum
Test drove the Boxster last night putting around 50 miles on the car driving the car very similar to how I drive it to work. Some surface street time, then mostly freeway, ending with some surface street time again. No CEL. Spoke to tech today and told him this. He said he drove the car around 30 miles earlier in the day and with a good mix of surface roads and freeways and no CEL either. If thby MarcW - Main Forum
Quotegrant note that ~ 3k is also the resonant frequency of the M96 motor. i had a bearing "nearly" fail and there was no degradation of that resonance - its was always there. Furthermore, my experience is that one, un-named replacement IMS bearing made of harder materials, lasts worse than the factory. Those hard balls just chew the crap out of the races. Mine was a mess - astounding that itby MarcW - Main Forum