What is your diagnosis? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

silverboxter · 02-11-2011, 05:04 PM

Driving home on the I-10 my 01 base Box lost power. I pushed the accelerator and it responded just not the way that it should...sluggish. I started to pull over and the CEL came on. I made it to the shoulder and the engine stopped. I called AAA. My Box was leaking oil...a lot. There was no warning. The engine just lost power...no noise, no rattle, no nothing. The odometer showed an onimous 129,666 miles.

Would a sudden RMS cause the engine to lose power? Or does this sound like an IMS?

JAAY · 02-11-2011, 05:13 PM

Ims maybe. Sounds like you now have a hole in a piston or lost a valve or something like that. Was the oil coming out of your air filter or air filter box?

Topless · 02-11-2011, 06:02 PM

Need more info. What error codes, where is the oil coming from, what does your oil/coolant look like, what do your spark plugs look like?

silverboxter · 02-11-2011, 06:11 PM

Didn't have a chance to look at the plugs or or the air box or anything else. Simply had the Box towed to the shop. I'm sure that they'll take a look at it early next week. They did notice that the oil seemed to be leaking from the RMS...right between the engine and the transmission (5-speed).

Just wanted to see if this had happened to anybody else and what were the results.

Topless · 02-11-2011, 06:21 PM

Maybe time for a shiny new Raby 3.6L.

silverboxter · 02-11-2011, 06:59 PM

Well, the economy the way it is and the furloughs cutting into my pay substantially, I'm hoping that it's just an RMS. I think I needed a new clutch anyway. That being said, I'm preparing myself for the worst....parking my box and finding a new form of transportation.

Still, has anyone had an RMS fail that would cause an engine to lose power?