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Tool Pants · 09-07-2006, 08:09 AM

What month is the article as I am behind in my Excellence reading.

It has been said that sleeved engines were only on some model year 1999s, not 1998s. Cars made in late 1998 and early 1999. But there has been a lot of guessing over the years since Porsche will not release a list of the sleeved engines, or even acknowledge that it happened.

The sleeved engines usually failed early in their life. But since the Box is a second or third car you still see a current report once in a while. I have not heard of a replacement engine being sleeved. I think Porsche learned their lesson 7 years ago.

I don't think a replacement engine effects value. There were a lot of 986 Boxsters made, something like 160,000. Not a rare car. And a lot of engines have been replaced over the years.

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09-07-2006, 08:09 AM	#2
Tool Pants Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: San Jose Posts: 1,889	What month is the article as I am behind in my Excellence reading. It has been said that sleeved engines were only on some model year 1999s, not 1998s. Cars made in late 1998 and early 1999. But there has been a lot of guessing over the years since Porsche will not release a list of the sleeved engines, or even acknowledge that it happened. The sleeved engines usually failed early in their life. But since the Box is a second or third car you still see a current report once in a while. I have not heard of a replacement engine being sleeved. I think Porsche learned their lesson 7 years ago. I don't think a replacement engine effects value. There were a lot of 986 Boxsters made, something like 160,000. Not a rare car. And a lot of engines have been replaced over the years. http://www.pca.org/tech/tech_qa_question.asp?id={F3EA752A-E838-43E5-A43D-BB4F445F5A8F}