Air/Oil Seperator write up?

[cas951]

I just replaced my AOS using the instructions here. At first I was hesitant because looking at the access room I had doubts. I started to call a repair shop and a dealer. Independant shop quoted 13 hrs of labor @ $115 per hr since the eng need to be dropped. The dealer quoted $900 but advised they revised the removal process and don't need to drop the Engine. I said I guess I'm going to get down and dirty and try harder.

I followed the instructions from this post except one area. Instead of trying to remove the clamp that is difficult to remove. I just cut the hose and remove the clamp once you have the AOS out of the way. The new AOS came with a hose.

I also didn't bother removing the lower vacuum hose clamp until I was able to raise the AOS. You have more room to remove the clamp once you raise the AOS.

Brad, Thanks for posting this. It was very helpful.

Originally Posted by Brad Roberts

I also go ahead (from the top) and remove this bracket seen here with the blue arrow pointing to it. This will allow you EASY access to the clamp we will remove later from the lower portion of the bellows.


In this shot, you can clearly see the bolts have been removed and the blue arrow is pointing to the clamp that needs to be removed NEXT!! You can also see in this pic, how I removed the M6 bolt for the bracket and moved the bracket out of the way. The bracket holds the plug for one of the O2 sensors.

[Tool Pants]

I put this picture on Bard's spec board, so here it is.

This is what I see the mechanics at the local dealer using for the lower spring band clamp. Once the clamp is in position the blue clip is puled away and the clamp closes. Marvin Weitz at RennShop in Santa Clara also uses it.

[Brad Roberts]

Cas! glad it helped.. I should point you to a shop that charges for what it takes.. not some BS book time from Mitchell systems.

If you need ANYTHING done.. check out Heyer Performance in Mountain View. They are just off of 101 and Rengstorff near Google. Tony (the owner) was on the 935 teams in the 80's with Garretson enterprises who beat all the factories teams at Leman with Jerry Woods built turbo engines. Bottom line: he knows his sh_t!!

Mention "Brad Roberts sent me" to Tony.. and he will take care of you. Promise. They are open 4 days a week from 7am-6pm. Tony has been a Porsche wrench for 30 years now and has been on MULTIPLR factory backed Porsche ALMS teams. He helped me get my foot in the door with the Porsche teams back in 99-00 with Dick Barbour.



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[cas951]

Brad,
Thanks for the info. Yes I know where Hyer is located. I used to work nearby. Without the clear pictures you made I probably would not have done it. Now that I've done it once the next time will be a lot easier.

Thanks

[jcb986]

Originally Posted by Tool Pants

I put this picture on Bard's spec board, so here it is.

This is what I see the mechanics at the local dealer using for the lower spring band clamp. Once the clamp is in position the blue clip is puled away and the clamp closes. Marvin Weitz at RennShop in Santa Clara also uses it.

Mubea pre-open spring band clamp tool...now I would like to have them in my tool box.

[kamran66]

Originally Posted by Tool Pants

I put this picture on Bard's spec board, so here it is.

This is what I see the mechanics at the local dealer using for the lower spring band clamp. Once the clamp is in position the blue clip is puled away and the clamp closes. Marvin Weitz at RennShop in Santa Clara also uses it.

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By the way the part number for the clamps with the blue retainer is 999-512-630-00 / 99951263000. It saved me a lot of time.........

[RemSteele]

Advise needed. On my way back from Cape Cod I became stuck in stop and go traffic and after about an hour I notice my 02 Boster was smokeing. Made it off the next exit and had it towed to a Porsche shop in Hartford. Musante Motor Sport was great and I picked up the car last Friday. It was the AOS. I changed the oil this weekend and I will send it out to be analized. It seems to have a little rough idle. It there anything else I should check?

Thanks,
RJ
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[AtlantaBoxster]

I seem to be having a problem, well, two actually. One, I seem to have all the classic symptoms of a bad AOS. My second problem is that I cannot see the pics of this (from what I have read), very detailed AOS replacement DIY.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

[jcb986]

Originally Posted by AtlantaBoxster

I seem to be having a problem, well, two actually. One, I seem to have all the classic symptoms of a bad AOS. My second problem is that I cannot see the pics of this (from what I have read), very detailed AOS replacement DIY.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

This should help you...Bookmark his site for future DIY.


http://sites.google.com/site/mikefocke2/mikesporscheboxsterwebpages

[Brad Roberts]

Hey gang.

I'll "fix" all the pictures this weekend. I sold the "BoxsterSpec" domain name last year, but I still have all the pictures from the site. I'll move them to another domain name I use (986racing.com) and make them work again. Pretty simple fix, but it will take some time to get them back into place... and I was just reminded we have a track event on Saturday!! So look for them Monday morning. I'll fix them during the day on Sunday.



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