Collant dripping 2000 Boxster

[pteam]

Originally Posted by Dohertycm

if you open the trunk and the cap is blue,you have the old one. the new one is black

Originally Posted by porschedude

Make sure you have the coolant cap that ends with part number O1. The old style is OO and can leak.

I don't know , somethings wrong here. I just looked my cap is BLUE but ends in 01. 01 should mean its the new part number , but above it says the new one is black. Well it looks like I have the new one ending in 01 but its BLUE. My is a 01 S with 47k miles, hard to believe I coulda made it 47k miles on a defictive cap that leaks. So maybe the new ones end in 01 but are BLUE?

[porschedude]

i just replaced my old blue coolant cap, part number ending 00 with a black one, part number ending 01. I think the part number is more important than the color of the cap. You may want to call dealer to verify part number. I have an 2002 base boxster. My old cap was working fine but I replaced it as a precaution. Cost is $17 which is cheap insurance rather than trying to hassle with it unexpectedly later.

[Tool Pants]

I am trying to figure out the black cap.

Where did you get the black cap from. If you got it from Porsche did it come in a plastic bag with a part number on it - if so what is the full part number.

[rebeltown]

Compared my old blue 00 cap with my new black 01 cap. Old 00 internals show a obvious round topped cylinder with a screened top when held up side down. New 01 internals also have a simular round top cylinder with screen top but also includes an elongated cylinder that envelopes and extends beyond the rounded part of the inner cylinder. Sorry, that's the best way I could describe it. Color may only be a difference in the manufacturer. My black 01 cap does not have a Porsche # on the outside like my blue original 00. I believe both are made by the company named "Blau" as they both have a similar insignia.

[CJ_Boxster]

Thats odd, i just called my porsche dealer and the part guy told me the Blue cap is newer and ends in 01, the black cap is old and ends in 00..... so blue is newer, it he wrong or right or did i just read everything here too fast?

[racer_d]

My "new" cap is blue too. Ends in 01. Hope that helps

Part number should overide color

[CJ_Boxster]

Ah ok, I just checked my cap and it ends with 00 and is blue, i called the dealer back and asked if he his sure the new one is blue as well and he said its blue and not black. We shall see when i pick it up in 15 minutes, he didnt actually go in the back to look at it for me