Boxster does its best Exxon Valdez imitation

[Jake Raby]

Have you recently had the cam covers resealed?

This is common but has things that lead to it.. We can repair the camshafts for you.

[davedeck]

Yes, it was done about a month ago. Is that the reason the plug blew?

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by davedeck

Yes, it was done about a month ago. Is that the reason the plug blew?

Someone used too much sealant on the cam covers. This blocks a critical "drain" in the cam cover/ cylinder head and elevates the oil pressure inside the camshafts. The cams are hollow and "oil" the journals. When the waste oil from the camshafts can't be expelled in high enough volumes, the pressure inside the cam increases and this is what forces the expansion plug from the camshaft.

Contrary to popular belief, this engine isn't like everything else's. These complications prove that and my ability to forecast the cam covers being resealed in the recent past proves just how much we see this, and how the constants are always there over and over again.

The person who sealed those cam covers should hear about this, or he'll keep doing this in the future.

[Jamesp]

Can you post a picture of the "drain" location?

[davedeck]

Sorry, I couldn't get a picture of the screen. This whole thing has been a disaster and I still don't have my car back after three weeks. A delay in getting a tool from Penquin put it behind almost a week and then it turns out it is the wrong tool for working on the engine in the car. So I had to buy another tool at almost 3 times the price of the first one. The mechanic is pissy because I'm putting the blame on him for causing it in the first place. On top of all this I have 3 weeks of car rental charges. There is no substitute for the pains of ownership sometimes but I still love the car.