'99 Box: Replaced AOS still looks like a fog machine!

[Viper5]

Thats seems like a very bizarre issue you are having. I would have also guessed that the smoke is due to the AOS. Do you have a CEL? As for your electric problems... Does the button click for the windows? Do you have the becker radio (stock)? Maybe your battery is no good? I can't see how but try to unplug your car for 10 minutes and then reconnect battery. I'm doubtful but hey it's worth a shot.

[cliptfc]

Here is a little update:

Oil level is fine (1/2 way up marker)
Coolant level is fine
Tried driving down the road, made about 6 city blocks, way too much smoke to continue, turned around, came back to the house.
No Check Engine Light...

Very confused about what to do next. I'm about 2 hours from a porsche dealer and really don't want to go that route!

For the electrics:

It acts like it this a key is still in the ignition. When you open the door with the key out, it still dings.
I cannot get the remote to arm (may need to re-learn the key?)
It's a stock radio.
You can hear a faint click when you push the window down button (they are already down). You hear nothing when you try to make them come up. I've tried with the top up and down.
The top open warning light is on, even with it's closed. I heard there is a sensor for this?

[Cloudsurfer]

It's possible that you did fix the problem by swapping the AOS, but that there is still a decent bit of oil in the exhaust that needs to burn off.

[cliptfc]

How long should this take to clear all the old oil out? Is there anything I can do to speed this up? I am not very good at being a Porsche mechanic yet, so please help me out with the details if you know anything!

[blue2000s]

The leading suspect in many electrical issues is the ignition switch.

[mikes_box]

I'd try and drain the oil and then refill with new. Also clean out maf and throttle body.. When I changed mine out took about 20 mons of running to clearnout smoke but u might have more oil in there..

[jbox53]

mine smoked until Jake R. told me to switch from 10-30W to 10-40W. No more smoke.

[cliptfc]

I think I will try the heavier oil since the oil needs to be changed anyway.

Here is another update: I cranked it up this morning and it had a quick puff of smoke then it quit! I drove it two blocks out to the highway feeder road, took off and stomped onthe gas. It quickly took off, but the sputtered and almost died. Then the smoke started back again. I took it back home, let it sit for awhile. Cranked it back up and no smoke! Did almost the same test again, getting on the feeder road.... and it did the same thing as before... started sputtering, almost died and started smoking.

I think I am having an issue reusing the old j-tube. I noticed there are two different tubes listed for a 1999. With the original AOS, the old hose seemed to fit perfect. With the new AOS, I had to pull the hose REALLY hard to get it to 'click' in place.. and i'm not sure if it even clicked correctly (may hav a vacuum leak). How do I know which hose to buy? I think it asked for a chassy number, but not sure where to find that. Should I use the later number hose since the AOS is a newer style?

I'm starting to think I am still buring old oil out of the intake and exhaust. It sure is taking a LONG time though! You guys mentioned cleaning the MAF and throttle body. That looks like a simple task, anything I should watch out for? The MAF is the electronic part on side of the throttle body, correct?

Oh, another update.. the windows started working! I'm not sure why! It still thinks the key is in the ignition even when the key is removed however.

THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP AND ADVICE SO FAR!!!! I promise to help where I can in this forum as well.