2003 boxster s oil leak after winter storage

[clickman]

Originally Posted by goodman

BTW, the engine was replaced by the dealer in Aug-2006 at 32,000km...so the "new"engine has only 20,000km and I hope it has the new version of IMS bearing.

The odds are, with your replacement engine, you probably got the 987, which means no easy replacement of the IMS. The bearing is larger than the hole in the case, so the case has to be split to do it. But from what I've read the chance of failure is not as bad as the 2000 - 2005 single-row bearing.

[Flavor 987S]

Originally Posted by clickman

The odds are, with your replacement engine, you probably got the 987, which means no easy replacement of the IMS. The bearing is larger than the hole in the case, so the case has to be split to do it. But from what I've read the chance of failure is not as bad as the 2000 - 2005 single-row bearing.

NO, I don't think so. Porsche would NOT put a 987 engine into a 986. Mainly 2 reasons; too many dead Presidents, and the wiring/DME.