Reporting on solution: Coolant leak, oil, idling problem, clutch and etc

[ekam]

What can I say. You bought a 12 year-old car without carefully inspecting it. High-idle, worn clutch, leaking coolants all could have been easily identified should you have done a Pre-Purchase Inspection (PPI). Hell even starting the car and take it for a test drive would've been enough.

Purchasing a vehicle should not be an emotional decision but a lot of us fell for that without carefully realizing what we're buying. You would think Porsche owners would take care of their cars, but I've seen my fair share of poorly maintained Boxsters.

Check out this webiste, it has a lot of useful information might be useful to you.

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

[clickman]

Buy a Bentley manual. You may not want to do the work on the car yourself, but you'll see that you can do a lot of it, and it will help you understand your car as well.

[BLK-300]

the funny thing is that I have done pre purchase inspection. First I have done it myself. Secondly, I took it to a specialist workshop, visual inspection, that computer inspection, there was no signs that something would go wrong. It is in ideal condition. It has only 70 000 km done. visually and technically seemed OK. There was a 2001 Boxster for the same price (I paid 10 500 USD). But the 2001 one was not recomended by the wokrshop due to its technical condition. So I took this one 1998. After workshop inspection and my inspection, I had an agreement with the guy that if there will be any serious problem with the car within 500 km, I had a right to claim it. I drove this 500 km from the city I bought to my city. No problems at all. This is my second family car (for every day drive and house things I use my audi), Porsche is more weekend car.... and I am not a tough driver, I enjoy crusing at a normal speed, and if i give some speed only on a high way. So, i believe I am not the reason that suddenly car started to get all the problems in one go after 2000 km.

The problems started now, and I would expect there is more to come.

Regarding the gas: I am using 98 octane (which in my country is called super). I have delivered car to turkey to check all the sensors and the specialists told me they are all fine (MAF and O2). It does not dies simply while idling. It idles normally, from time to time the RPM is as you said searching for the right level. It dies, for example, if I drive normally, then slow down completely, and kind of a moving to slow to enter my yard or garage.

It is very difficult to take care of the car, when there is noone who can help or assist, it is only you guys on the net. I have the only boxster in the city, and there is totally may be 3 - 4 in the country. In the whole country there is in total only 3 guys who knows the Porsche and how to fix it, luckely, one is in my city.

But thank you guys for your support. Hope that soon will bring my car to the proper level....