DOF IMS Bearing - remove 1 seal/pierce the other?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by Gelbster

A less violent alternative might have been this?
NEW Development – DOF Oil Feed Plate
And it has other benefits too.

And draw backs. On the Boxster M96, use of this plate requires the use of the smaller base engine oil cooler in order to fit under the intake manifold; so you give up oil cooling capacity and the oil runs hotter. In no way is that an advantage.

[3_Angels]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

And draw backs. On the Boxster M96, use of this plate requires the use of the smaller base engine oil cooler in order to fit under the intake manifold; so you give up oil cooling capacity and the oil runs hotter. In no way is that an advantage.

Yikes! We want cooler oil, not hotter. I guess I thought that a remote oil cooler could be larger.

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by 3_Angels

Yikes! We want cooler oil, not hotter. I guess I thought that a remote oil cooler could be larger.

If you configured the car to run a remote oil cooler, it might, but most people (and correctly so) want to run the large "S" oil to water OEM cooler as it effectively cools the oil in the summer and warms it on cold starts in the winter, and it simply will not fit under the Boxster intake with that plate underneath it. And I have no idea where you would mount a remote oil cooler of any appreciable size on a street driven Boxster so that it could get ample air flow over it; there is little room at the rear of the car, and the front is too far away for the OEM oil pump to handle the load., which is why Porsche went with an oil to water cooler in the first place.

[3_Angels]

As you can see, there is very little room to work to install the DOF armored hose. I had to unplug the wiring for cylinder number six to have any chance of reasonable access. The reassembly of the 2002 Boxster S should go quickly now that the DOF hose is in place.

[3_Angels]

The DOF armored hose will reach routing either up and down the driver's side as in A, or, more neatly up and over the intake manifold as in B. Does it make a difference, or is it just a choice? Up and over seems a bit neater with less hose flopping around.

[Gelbster]

Over the top because it is less vulnerable there?

[3_Angels]

Car reassembled last night. Transmission shifting smoothly and confidently. Second gear seems rock solid on both max acceleration and deceleration. My fingers are crossed, but there seems to be no evidence of any transmission issue!

The DOF IMS bearing tubing connection on the top of the engine was difficult to tighten with my regular wrenches. I purchased a set of SAE flare nut crowfoot wrenches, and easily tightened the connection with the 7/16 inch wrench.