What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[ShortRound]

Disabled the battery killing LED on the radio today. Took a few tries but figured it out.

[The Radium King]

oil change, brake fluid flush, alignment. got a ten-day vacation (road trip) coming up - three tracks, four track days. Castrol Raceway in Edmonton Alberta with Track Junkies, then Gimli Motorsports Park in Manitoba for time attack with WSCC, then over to Area 27 in BC for a session and finally back to Castrol (if i have any tires left).

[dghii]

Put a for sale sign on it....

[MWS]

Originally Posted by dghii

Put a for sale sign on it....

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[dghii]

Originally Posted by MWS

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Owned almost 10 years, all amazing. I purchased a neighbors 2003 911 Cabriolet.
Hate to see this Box go but gotta do what I gotta do.

[P_Carfahrer]

Designed, machined, and installed home made rear subframe connector on my 986s and my buddy’s 987s. Based on Pedro’s techno brace.

Dropped stabilizer bar bushings to lower stabilizer bar, unbolted midpipes from headers, and placed and bolted subframe bar. On buddy’s 987s exhaust doesn’t need moving to fit bar and the install on his car took maybe 15 minutes.

[Cunningr]

So do you really notice any difference in stiffness?

[P_Carfahrer]

Originally Posted by Cunningr

So do you really notice any difference in stiffness?

Not yet, haven’t been able to push it hard enough. Debatable if it makes any difference. Some claim it does, others claim it doesn’t. Something to do for $30 bucks of aluminum and a few minutes.

[Boatin]

Did my first oil change on the Boxster today. All went well until I started refilling with the new oil. After pouring a few litres in I had a look underneath and oil was dripping almost directly below the filling inlet in the boot. I got under and it was coming from a tube about 1/2 "which I think probably could be an overflow. Anyone had this happen to them ?




Cut open the old filter to check for metal fragments, clean as a whistle !

BTW Luv my Boxster

[Brian in Tucson]

Originally Posted by Boatin

Did my first oil change on the Boxster today. All went well until I started refilling with the new oil. After pouring a few litres in I had a look underneath and oil was dripping almost directly below the filling inlet in the boot. I got under and it was coming from a tube about 1/2 "which I think probably could be an overflow. Anyone had this happen to them ?

Cut open the old filter to check for metal fragments, clean as a whistle !

BTW Luv my Boxster

There are only 2 oil tubes that run from the "boot" to the engine. One is the big 2" filler tube and the other is the dipstick tube. Both are plastic and both tend to get very brittle. There's no overflow for oil, btw. I've worked on my engine and had both tubes break from age. Not expensive, but not real easy to replace.:ah:

I <3 my Boxster, too!

[PaulE]

Today I finally got my hardtop removed for the summer. We moved in April, finally had the garage painted inside last week, was able to install my wall rack for the hardtop and had a friend come over and got the hardtop off and on the wall for the summer. Tomorrow I will swap my 17 inch wheels for my 18 inch wheels and install the Brey Krause roll bar extension. Wednesday I'll bring it in for an oil change, brake fluid flush and tech inspection for the NE Region Mont Tremblant HPDE on July 6-8.

[Rickvd]

I went to our local Porsche dealer to celebrate the 70th anniversary with other Central Indiana Region PCA members.

[MWS]

Originally Posted by Rickvd

I went to our local Porsche dealer to celebrate the 70th anniversary with other Central Indiana Region PCA members.

Was this at Tom Wood in Indy?

Edit: Went to website and saw it was at O'Daniel....sorry I missed it. I'll send you a PM...

[TiberiusBoxster]

I cleaned my MAF sensor. That was the first time I had it in service mode. That was kinda damn hard. It is an 01 with a glass window and it seemed like I could not get it to go up far enough to make more room. I also put it on jack stands to look underneath. I smell exhaust sometimes on start up and wanted to see if I could see anything loose or looking out of place. I could not really see anything.

[TiberiusBoxster]

Forget to add, Friday night I plasti dipped my headlight wiring that was all cracked out and reinstalled the LED low beams. I like them a lot better than the halogens. They provide a great amount of light.

[Anker]

Most likely a cracked oil fill tube. Common problem.

[particlewave]

Changed the oil.
For the first time in it's life, it didn't get Mobil 1.
I put Shell Rotella T6 in (opinions not necessary I did my research). I did have some quiet ticking on cold start that I could also hear when warm and close to a building.

Nice and quiet, now. Seems more smooth overall, too.
Happy for now...we will see.


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[Lew]

What I did today other than polishing my exhaust tips was to try and find the rattle I hear when shutting down the engine. I jacked the car from the rear and used my rubber hammer softly banging around on the muffler, the cats, and their heat shields, etc. I was not able to hear or see anything loose that would be making this noise. I first though something had broke loose inside the muffler. I might add I hear it sometime and sometimes I don't. It seems when back from a drive and everything is hot. Got me stumped!

[A8ked]

PaulE, nice simple fix! I've been dealing with the same issue and will copy your fix, THANKS !!

[PaulE]

Originally Posted by A8ked

PaulE, nice simple fix! I've been dealing with the same issue and will copy your fix, THANKS !!

My pleasure glad it will help someone else. Get the thinnest back zip tie you can and you’ll be golden!