Day 1 of my first Porsche - noob looking for advice

[steved0x]

Per the Bentley manual you can just a little motor oil on the spark plug tubes/O-rings when you put them in, you don't need the super $$$ lube. That's what I did and it was fine. Solved my oil drip/weep problem too.

I have heard good things about the Conti DW. Sumitomo has a $50 rebate on a set of 4 tires, the HTR Z III is a good budget summer tire, I just finished up with a set of those in 17"s 9and the set of 4 is in the $350'ish range on tire rack with the rebate now), were happy with them, including several track days and autocross. (I moved up to a more extreme tire for next time but if I wasn't doing track I would have probably gotten another set; they wear really well for a max performance summer tire.

Good luck! There is lots of fun to be had driving and working on these cars!

Steve

[Tucker2]

Originally Posted by steved0x

Per the Bentley manual you can just a little motor oil on the spark plug tubes/O-rings when you put them in, you don't need the super $$$ lube. That's what I did and it was fine. Solved my oil drip/weep problem too.

Second this. Exactly the same experience.

[j.fro]

Ive got the conti DWS on my 996 and I like them a lot. It's a very nice all season tire, and they were good in the snow this winter.
For the key fob, there is a very inexpensive fix over on Renntech.org

[healthservices]

Welcome to the forum. All the issues you have are very common to the Boxsters and can be found here. You can still ask if you cannot find the answers.

[kk2002s]

Welcome:
Personally - do the oil+Filter, air filter, plugs and belt. You'll be in the $200 range here. This will give you a good tour of the motor and a good base to do the other things.
Then drive it a while to feel out the next things to tackle

If the plug tubes aren't seeping do you really need to change. Same with the Coils. If there aren't misses or codes being thrown.
I have a couple tubes starting to seep so I'll have to tackle that soon

Of course if you have the extra dollars, when doing the plugs, you'll have everything apart and jacked up, so doing the coils, tubes and plugs together saves a repeat visit and the prep needed to get to the plugs

Sometime the prep work (jacking, removing underside panels, fender liners, engine cover, etc) can be as time consuming as the repair itself

[DG Boxster]

Thanks to all you for such quick helpful responses. I'm going to take your advice, and I'm sure I'll be here with questions soon. I'm really excited to hear about a cheap key fix...headed over there first.

BTW I have 2 Miata friends and they are jealous after a ride....

[DG Boxster]

Ok I'm confused. I don't want to start a flame war about oil brand....but I'm confused about oil weight.

The shop that did my prebuy said to use 0W40 (they use Mobil 1 European blend). I see many people online using 0W40.

The owners manual lists the following viscosities for synthetic oil, "mostly higher than 50F":
10W40
15W40
15W50

For "mostly lower than 14F" they list:
10W40
10W30
5W30

So how would 0W40 be ok? I guess because it is warm now the oil will be thick enough?

[steved0x]

Originally Posted by kk2002s

Sometime the prep work (jacking, removing underside panels, fender liners, engine cover, etc) can be as time consuming as the repair itself

FACT! So you might as well plan do as many related things as you can. When I am getting ready to do a new thing I post a thread along the lines of "I am about do XYZ, what else should I do when I am in there" and I always get a lot of good advice.