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Preventive Maintenance Questions SPG356 - Monday, 7 March, 2011, at 7:09:10 pm |
Re: Preventive Maintenance Questions MarcW - Monday, 7 March, 2011, at 7:38:07 pm |
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SPG356
Greetings,
1998 Boxster 5 speed with 82,000 miles. Oil changed every 5,000 miles with Mobil1 0-40
Today the upper belt tensioner pulley seized and threw the belt; I will have those replaced tomorrow. This got me thinking about any preventive maintenance I should do this spring, as I want to lower the chances of getting stranded by something I could replace now.
Some history: I purchased the car in August 2008 with 41,000 miles and I immediately completed the following maintenance:
All Items included in the 30k, 45k, 60k and 90k maintenance (since the car was 10 years old at the time), which included (among other things) an oil/filter change, new plugs, new belt, manual trans oil change, particulate filter, latest coolant tank cap etc, etc. On top of that I changed the brake fluid and did a coolant flush and brake job along with a few minor odds and ends.
What is still original to the car at 82,000 miles: water pump. AOS, MAF, coolant reservoir tank and the other two tensioner pulleys.
Two questions, besides the two other tensioners that I plan to replace is there any concensus as to replacing the listed original parts to help avoid being stranded, and are there any other common items I am leaving out that, save for major failure, would strand me? Also, I see the aftermarket water pumps are a third of the cost of OEM. Any opinions as to their overall reliability vs the OEM water pump?
Thanks for any input to these questions that are left open to a wide range of opinions!
Regards,
Sebastian Gaeta
Ann Arbor, MI
Re: Preventive Maintenance Questions SPG356 - Monday, 7 March, 2011, at 8:13:44 pm |
All you can do is stay on top of things and have a good cell phone and belong to a good... MarcW - Monday, 7 March, 2011, at 9:41:26 pm |
Re: All you can do is stay on top of things and have a good cell phone and belong to a good... SPG356 - Monday, 7 March, 2011, at 10:10:11 pm |
Latest info I have is the water pump can show signs of a leak but still be classifed as ok, good.... MarcW - Tuesday, 8 March, 2011, at 7:43:48 pm |
Re: Preventive Maintenance Questions Petee_C - Tuesday, 8 March, 2011, at 10:45:48 am |
Sorry, but I just don't see enough water pump failures of the OEM water pumps to risk installing... MarcW - Tuesday, 8 March, 2011, at 2:01:42 pm |
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Also, any opinions on aftermarket vs OEM water pumps?
Regards,
Sebastian
If the OEM water pumps didn't fail, then they wouldn't have aftermarket ones.....
If there were cost savings with going OEM, I would probably put one in.
/pc
Re: Sorry, but I just don't see enough water pump failures of the OEM water pumps to risk installing... Petee_C - Tuesday, 8 March, 2011, at 8:50:37 pm |
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Also, any opinions on aftermarket vs OEM water pumps?
Regards,
Sebastian
If the OEM water pumps didn't fail, then they wouldn't have aftermarket ones.....
If there were cost savings with going OEM, I would probably put one in.
/pc
an aftermarket water pump with even less time in service and less history.
Besides, there are some who believe that the aftermarket parts are of lesser quality that they are seconds or somehow have failed to meet with the quality genuine Porsche parts require. If this is correct, there is the risk then the aftermarket pumps are actually of lesser quality and thus more prone to failure.
Sincerely,
MarcW.
It is up to the individual of course. If one wants to use an aftermarket part he's free to do so... MarcW - Tuesday, 8 March, 2011, at 9:17:37 pm |
Re: It is up to the individual of course. If one wants to use an aftermarket part he's free to do so... mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NC - Wednesday, 9 March, 2011, at 3:39:44 pm |
Also, keep in mind that most aftermarket water pumps... Pedro (Odessa, FL) - Wednesday, 9 March, 2011, at 4:00:25 pm |
That's a good point. A piece of a metal impeller could take out the rest... MarcW - Wednesday, 9 March, 2011, at 4:40:59 pm |
Re: Preventive Maintenance Questions boxsterd - Tuesday, 8 March, 2011, at 12:51:40 am |
It is possible I suppose, but I don't really buy into the RMS failing being caused by the AOS... MarcW - Tuesday, 8 March, 2011, at 2:12:00 pm |
I can only tell you what I'm doing to my car mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NC - Tuesday, 8 March, 2011, at 9:08:15 am |