A Division of Pelican Parts

986 Boxster Catalog | 987 Cayman Catalog | Accessories | Performance


Go Back   986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners > Porsche Boxster & Cayman Forums > Boxster General Discussions
Pieces of foam coming out of my vents Pieces of foam coming out of my vents
Register Garage FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Post Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 08-16-2018, 03:16 PM   #1
Registered User
 
rkeating78's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: MO
Posts: 14
Garage
Pieces of foam coming out of my vents
Can anyone tell me why pieces of black foam are coming out of my air vents?

rkeating78 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-16-2018, 03:31 PM   #2
Custom User Title Here
 
particlewave's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Ft. Leonard Wood
Posts: 6,164
Garage
Search has the answers you seek.
particlewave is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-16-2018, 04:22 PM   #3
Registered User
 
gabedrummin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Houston
Posts: 220
Garage
The diverter doors are covered in foam . From what Ive seen The door is a thin metal frame covered with foam over time the material disintegrates and get blown through the vents .
gabedrummin is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-16-2018, 07:20 PM   #4
2003 S, Arctic Silver, M6
 
paulofto's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Posts: 1,346
Garage
There are as many threads on this subject as there are on the IMS bearing and on the choice of oil.
paulofto is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-16-2018, 09:44 PM   #5
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: CO
Posts: 989
Your IMS is failing, and as it’s made of foam, it is blowing out the vents.
Geof3 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-16-2018, 09:45 PM   #6
Who's askin'?
 
maytag's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Utah
Posts: 2,448
Quote:
Originally Posted by Geof3 View Post
Your IMS is failing, and as it’s made of foam, it is blowing out the vents.
Wouldn't have happened if you had used a lightweight flywheel.

Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk
maytag is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 08-16-2018, 10:02 PM   #7
Custom User Title Here
 
particlewave's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Ft. Leonard Wood
Posts: 6,164
Garage
Read through this entire thread:

Interior vent debris
particlewave is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-16-2018, 10:36 PM   #8
Registered User
 
Cunningr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Spain
Posts: 988
I believe the new guy has passed the initiation test!

The IMS failure was funny though!
__________________
2000 Boxster S Ocean Blue Metalic
Cunningr is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 08-17-2018, 05:06 AM   #9
Registered User
 
wmjosiah's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Belchertown, MA
Posts: 36
Funny, it seemed normal to me. I was like "Oh it's an old German car. Been HERE before." My S6 used to do it too.

__________________
'01 Boxster S
'08 Mazdaspeed 3
'04 SV650
'96 K2500 Diesel 5-speed with DB2/4900 conversion
wmjosiah is offline   Reply With Quote
Post Reply


« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 11:43 AM.

Contact Us - Pelican Parts Porsche Catalog - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2025 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Pelican Parts Website -    DMCA Registered Agent Contact Page