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Old 01-21-2018, 03:25 PM   #1
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Milky coolant.

I’m afraid it’s going to have to be someone else’s project. As a full time college student and someone in need of reliable (probably warrantied) transportation fast for internships and starting my professional life, my lovely lightning bolt yellow bird boxster will need to be someone else’s project. I’m not sure what my next step forward is, but the car has a lot of very nice options on it. It may find a good home being parted with a currently still running no metal in oil filter engine and zero accident history with someone like woody or it may find a happy home as someone’s new tinkerer. I love this car like nothing else and no matter what There is No Substitute. However, considering where I am in my life I can’t own a Porsche in need of serious engine repair or justify paying more than 3k (probably a lot more) to get it back on the road by a shop. I don’t have the time to tear down and fix at home. It’s an absolute beauty though and I am going to be very careful about where it goes next in life, be it as an organ donor to keep other boxsters alive or a someone else’s pride and joy that they’ll love even more because they helped it through this sick period in its health.

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Old 01-21-2018, 03:51 PM   #2
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I am very sorry to see that pic. Maybe, just maybe, pull the oil cooler and take a look?

Otherwise I think you are wise to focus on school for now. Here's to what you are driving 10 years from now.
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Jake, Sorry for your loss. It's been a good run. Somehow I know that in the end, you'll come out ahead in this. Take care.
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Old 01-21-2018, 04:55 PM   #4
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I am very sorry to see that pic. Maybe, just maybe, pull the oil cooler and take a look?
Jake, why don't you check the oil cooler as suggested by Rex, haven't done myself it but I believe that is not too difficult and, hopefully you'll get lucky :-)
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