Fixing My Boxster

[saintdrug]

Hello friends,
I will start the process to order the parts damaged for my boxster from the accident I had yesterday.
need your help and patience if you may thank you.

I will get a list from my mechanic by next week, but he is Cypriot so I have to try to find the right word in English so I can search from ebay, if you can tell me a good site from UK that can sell spare parts would be great so I send them an email with all the things.

for time being,

he said I need to change the 4 *WORD MISSING* that hold the tires on front, those broke from the impact, do you know what he is talking about?

[Timco]

Didn't you just get this car? What happened? Sorry you had an accident. Pics of damage would help know what you're referring to. Is it driveable?

Bolts?
Ball joints?

[saintdrug]

Originally Posted by Timco

Didn't you just get this car? What happened? Sorry you had an accident. Pics of damage would help know what you're referring to. Is it driveable?

Bolts?
Ball joints?

I did man not even 2 weeks, had to wake up to go to Athens on a business trip, woke late, had 30 minutes to go (20 minutes away the airport) no coffee nothing, so I lost track of the car while on the curve, and bumped on the sidewalk and hit a sign completely, I will go this Saturday to where I sent it and take good pictures of the damage, no its not drivable, the 4 wheels carriers thing I don't know what they are called broke (2 front) the suspensions? I don't know what they are called, front bumper, the rims damage, I am estimating around 1000-2000 euro at least for parts.

I am very very sad, and I am trying to take all my savings which is 2K to use it on this now.

I will give all the details on Sunday evening after I meet with them and see what we need.

[SKOOSH1970]

Originally Posted by saintdrug

I did man not even 2 weeks, had to wake up to go to Athens on a business trip, woke late, had 30 minutes to go (20 minutes away the airport) no coffee nothing, so I lost track of the car while on the curve, and bumped on the sidewalk and hit a sign completely, I will go this Saturday to where I sent it and take good pictures of the damage, no its not drivable, the 4 wheels carriers thing I don't know what they are called broke (2 front) the suspensions? I don't know what they are called, front bumper, the rims damage, I am estimating around 1000-2000 euro at least for parts.

I am very very sad, and I am trying to take all my savings which is 2K to use it on this now.

I will give all the details on Sunday evening after I meet with them and see what we need.

Man, that's not good to hear, hope all gets sorted soon and you're ok.... it is only a car after all, as much as we all love our Boxsters....... health and life come first...!!

All the best and good luck..

Si.

[saintdrug]

Originally Posted by SKOOSH1970

Man, that's not good to hear, hope all gets sorted soon and you're ok.... it is only a car after all, as much as we all love our Boxsters....... health and life come first...!!

All the best and good luck..

Si.

Indeed, thank you my friend I appreciate it.

[BFeller]

Originally Posted by Timco

Didn't you just get this car? What happened? Sorry you had an accident. Pics of damage would help know what you're referring to. Is it driveable?

Bolts?
Ball joints?

There is a picture of the damage on the 'what did you do to your boxster today' thread. Just from the picture - both headlights, bumper and IIRC the hood all seemed to be damaged.

[Timco]

May want to weigh what the total fix including body & paint comes out to vs how much your insurance will go up for a single at fault claim or if they cancel what another carrier would charge. This may be expensive and you want it made whole and done right.

[recycledsixtie]

Originally Posted by saintdrug

Hello friends,
I will start the process to order the parts damaged for my boxster from the accident I had yesterday.
need your help and patience if you may thank you.

I will get a list from my mechanic by next week, but he is Cypriot so I have to try to find the right word in English so I can search from ebay, if you can tell me a good site from UK that can sell spare parts would be great so I send them an email with all the things.

for time being,

he said I need to change the 4 *WORD MISSING* that hold the tires on front, those broke from the impact, do you know what he is talking about?

Sorry to hear about accident. I believe the missing words would be lugbolts that wheels attach to. Then you would need lugnuts to secure the wheels. And I think there are 5 of each if I remember correctly?!
Cheers, Guy
PS I am assuming you mean wheels/tires in this context?

[saintdrug]

Originally Posted by recycledsixtie

Sorry to hear about accident. I believe the missing words would be lugbolts that wheels attach to. Then you would need lugnuts to secure the wheels. And I think there are 5 of each if I remember correctly?!
Cheers, Guy
PS I am assuming you mean wheels/tires in this context?

correct, I will get more details this Saturday to see it up close with my mechanic.


Insurance wont cover anything because I have 3d party.

also, the estimation is around 2000 euro to 3000 euro including the fees.

but that says nothing unless we see it part by part.

lug bolts, lets try deeper, the tire broke completely, from whats holding it, so I will be looking for the the part that is locks the tire, I guess

[saintdrug]

Hello Everyone, it's been over 5 years. I respect everyone here and would like to come back and ask your opinions.

Happy 25 years! for Boxster

It took me over 30K to fix it, why?

1st Mechanic Messed up when I gave him over 15K - 3 years ago.
Had to find another - who then fixed it.

Fast forward, I have it, now. I did not give up on it, the pressure I had from everyone, to sell it and get another one, is no longer pressure. I paid this money already - after taking the decision that it's sentimental, and could have cost me my life and my GF. But it saved us, and I vowed to fix it.

Could have gotten a better car with this money yes? By car I mean Porsche.. coz there is no substitute, coming from a BMW X3 to this, I just cannot let go.

Now, since I just finished painting it newly, from cosmetics i still have:

Fix the leather chairs - around 300 euro

Mechanically:
Add the ABS Sensor that I got
Add the Heater that I got
Wait for my 2 Oxygen sensors to arrive to put them

Electrics:
Understand after I have run a diagnostics- attached the diagnosis - fix the central alarm and the window mechanism, they don't close well and I must hold the doors push it to close, yes I changed the window mechanism inside, but still, I think it needs to be regulated.
Central Alarm, has issues, because, for a long time from when I had the accident, as I drive the lock goes on and off, I cannot lock it with remote and so on.

Now, the main issue is this:

last 6 months, I had a serious issue no one could fix, including Porsche officials - because they don't have time lol yeah.. believe it or not, so I found a new good mechanic who managed to fix the main issue even after I changed and bought all the parts, he said all this (from the previous mechanic) was bought, but they were not needed. But anyway, it's ok coz now I know they are not the issue and I know they are new.

The main issue I had was:

When you start the car, till 3000 RPM on startup, it shakes and wants to turn off, when I drive it over 3000 rpm the car was perfect.

So from taking the engine down and changing the timing belts, to diagnosis, he finally fixed it for 500 euro. The issue was he said with the Vario Cams, and after bleeding, pressure tests, and tweaking that issue is now long gone and it drives awesomely no issue.

Now, after 3 weeks of driving it, 500KM approx, I saw its losing oil, from the car's oil level on the dash, it was losing after few days 1 bar, and it today it was sitting on the bars as u can see from the screenshots, so he said, as long as it's in the middle not below or above the max/min u are ok.

I was suspecting it's losing oil until I saw today this - so I called him and he said well he wants to take a look at it.

Taking into consideration the things I changed, and now this - what do u think it is? Do u think it's the gaskets?

And need this?

https://www.design911.co.uk/fu/prod127760/ENGINE-GASKET-SET-986-27L-2000-02-162KW---220HP-M9622/


Again the oil cooler? I changed it 6 months ago when I had the milkshake problem and too much bleeding had solved it and didn't drive the car for 6 months as it was sitting in the previous mechanic while I ordered all the stuff u saw, including a new oil cooler. Until I brought it to the new mechanic who finally fixed the previous issue.

So what do you think it could be?

Thanks, and will keep you posted - I really wish after 5 years of such issues - never giving up, the difficult part is done - that I am close to driving it and enjoying it as it has to be

Has 140K KM so far, its 2.7 02 Boxster 986

Looking forward to your experience and advice to know what to expect.

I will take it today at lunchtime and wait for his feedback.

Latest things I got where:

I am in Cyprus/Eu so I buy my things from the UK from here, and they are good:

https://www.design911.co.uk

These are the latest things I changed:

1 x Bilstein B4 FRONT Shock Absorber. Porsche 986 Boxster 09/1996>> *VNE-B331

6 Spark Plug. Porsche Cayenne V8 S
(99917020791/1)

6 x Ignition Coil Pack. Porsche 996 3.4L / Boxster 986 >>03
(99760210703/3)

1 x Coolant bottle cap. Porsche Boxster 986 / Boxster 987 / Cayman 987C / 996 / 997
(99610644704)

2 x 98735193903BRE BRAKE PADS FRONT 987/987C 2.7L BREMBO 1 1 1 FULL
2x 98635140105BRE BRAKE DISC FRONT 986 L or R BREMBO 2 2 2 FULL
2 x 99661236501/1 BRAKE PAD SENSOR 986FR/996FR&RR/997 C2/4 RR 2 2 2 FULL
1 x 98660612501/1 AIR MASS SENSOR 996 2002>> /997 C2&4 3.6L&3.8L/986 WITH E-Accelerator

1 x Camshaft position sensor (Hall sender). Porsche 986 Boxster / 996 / 955 Cayenne
(99660610604/2)

1 x Impluse / Speed Sensor. Porsche Boxster 986 / 996
(98660611202/1)

4 x oxygen sensors

1 x Throttle body. Porsche 986 Boxster / 987 Boxster / 996 Turbo / Carrera GT


And I am expecting the 2 oxygen sensors.

Also, this is the Diagnosis of the car:

VIN: WP0ZZZ98Z2U602385

Vehicle Model Type: 986 BOXSTER 5 SPEED MANUAL
Vehicle Model Year: 2002
Production Plant: Finland

Number of Modules with Faults:5
DME Information

M numbers
009 016 029 061 071 130 197 211 219 232 271 273 274 369 370 391 424 436 439 441 466 481 492 502 534 536 539 540 551 562 563 566 567 571 573 581 602 620 651 657 661 680 689 695 981 983

Exclusive numbers
Z numbers
Country coding
Great Britain, c16

Ignition Ranges
Number of ignitions in range 1: 39831 Number of ignitions in range 2: 1

Operating hours counter
3908.2 hours
Total distance displayed
142767 Km
DME M5001
PART NUMBER(S): 98661861703

7 Fault(s) Present
CAN timeout instrument cluster
MIL (Check Engine via CAN)
Phase sensor 1 (camshaft Hall-effect sensor 1)
Oxygen sensor ahead of catalytic converter, bank 1
Oxygen sensor ahead of catalytic converter, bank 2
Vehicle speed
Computer monitoring: reset
TIPTRONIC

Module not fitted or not communicating
ABS 07
PART NUMBER(S): 99661811500

2 Fault(s) Present
4216 Speed sensor, rear left
4210 Speed-sensor wire, rear right
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER 26
PART NUMBER(S): 98664120702

No faults
AIR CONDITIONING 02
PART NUMBER(S): 99665310109

1 Fault(s) Present
24 Supply voltage (terminal 15)
PARK ASSISTANT

Module not fitted or not communicating
SEAT MEMORY

Module not fitted or not communicating
ALARM SYSTEM I48
PART NUMBER(S): 99661826202

6 Fault(s) Present
1 Door(s) secured and terminal 15 on
44 Driver-side release stuck
61 Central locking limit position Unlocked not reached
60 Central locking limit position Lock not reached
47 Central locking synchronization
43 Passenger-side release stuck
AIRBAG B05
PART NUMBER(S): 99661821901

1 Fault(s) Present
3 Power supply
HBA

Module not fitted or not communicating



Diagnostic Report compiled by Autologic Diagnostics
www.autologic-diagnostics.com



This is my boxter a week ago after I got it back waiting 7 months - the life I had without it, going to work with colleagues and so on is hard But now - I am almost enjoying the fruits of patience a lot of money spent, and have the oil issue.

Any help from the diagnosis and the oil issue is appreciated!

[saintdrug]

The head lights thank god are not damaged they just flew out and I saved them the hood can be fixed just the bumper is total loss iirc what is that here is the photo but will get more on Saturday



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[BFeller]

IIRC is shorthand for "If I Recall Correctly'.

[saintdrug]

Thanks ok got it right it was some terminology for the car lol

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[TeamOxford]

You have the flying headlights on your Boxster?

Does anyone know the option code for that?

TO

[saintdrug]

U want the code of the head light?

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[JayG]

He was making a joke LOL
Probably lost something in the translation
No harm, No foul

[TeamOxford]

Yes Chris, I was just making a joke.

There is no such option as "flying headlights", but you were indeed fortunate that yours ejected at the time of your accident, as their replacement cost would have eaten up ALL of your budget.

Just tryin' to make you smile a little now, as I know you must be in great distress over the accident.

TO

[saintdrug]

You got it right thank you I did smile actually my true smile will come soon while I save up, and start fixing it my savings are 1000 euro my family will contribute so soon I will start buying some parts I'm sure one day soon coz I got my health and your support and making me smile 😊

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[BIGJake111]

Best of luck with this, nothing could be worse than owning a boxster for such a short time before something like this happens.

[saintdrug]

Indeed, for now it will be hard, my mom just got a loan to help me asking 1000 euro from her boss and to deduct 250 euro per month, my dad unfortunately cannot, I know I am 32 years but life is hard, I have a great career but underpaid.

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I will go this Saturday to see the car, they said that it needs around 4000 euro so I will be around 3000 euro short, I would really appreciate freely your support for whatever amount you can, to try and help me try to fix my only dream, its sad because I have to pay also 400 euro per month because I still owe 11K euro for the car for 3 years, and now I cannot even drive it.

Any donation will be highly appreciate it, and I can put your names for remembrance on my personal gaming website, (I am also known there).

This is the only I thought I could also get some support until I save each month some more and more to order things so I can start fixing it.

God be with all, and again, would help me a lot, I thought I would ask, it doesn't hurt, since it will be a hard road.

thank you all.

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From my website will link to me.

Thanks all who will help me with any amount, I need to reach this 4000 euro and right now I am short €2500.