so many little hoses

[Mark_T]

Originally Posted by 78F350

..and here's what happens when you put a Boxster in the garage, cover it, and put a box on top:

The bigger the box, the more cats will appear.

Not a word, Timco, not a word. Just STFU and walk away....

[kiyakubuke]

received the oil filler tube, oil filler pipe and vacuum hoses for the secondary air system from Pelican today. I also ordered a o-ring for the pipe, but it was delayed. didn't want to wait so I ran down to the Porsche dealer and got one.
Not seeing much on the forum or anywhere else online about replacing the oil filler pipe, so I will try to document as much as I can. I think the main issue is getting to it. everything I have read says you have to take off the intake manifold.
We are expecting rain all next week so I won't be tempted to rush the job to get it back on the road . Plan to take my time, make sure it is done right as well as fixing the previous owners patchwork on the SAS.
if anyone has done this before and/or removed the intake manifold. be happy for any advice or tips.

[kiyakubuke]

so I was able to get the oil filler tube off without taking off the intake. once you take off the resonance tube you can easily access the one bolt. the second one (under the alternator) is more difficult. I used a flexible extension to get it most of the way up, once it gets to a certain point, the extension won't work because there is no longer enough clearance (the back mount of the alternator blocks it). from that point I used a crowsfoot wrench to slowly work it the rest of the way and a magnetic pick up to grab it.
That being said, not sure getting that bolt back in will be very easy. however, it seems to me that removing the alternator would be a better option than removing the intake.

hopefully when I remove the alternator I will be able to see where the mystery vacuum hose goes.

[kiyakubuke]

so, I was picking up my wife Mercedes from our Mechanic. which happens to be the same place I bought my boxster and they have done work on it as well. so I took the opportunity to ask the head tech about my secondary air injection system being different than any diagrams I can find. he says, "well the 911 engines have different SAI systems". I'm like, "yeah, so what's that have to do with anything?". he sort of looked puzzled for a second and said, "well, your car has a 911 engine, you didn't know that?"
no, no I did not. "oh, I thought you knew that when you bought it. yeah, the previous owner replaced a blown engine with a 911 with about 10K miles on it."
so now that I have this little piece of info, a lot of things are clear, like, how these F%*%&#* hoses are connected

[Reebuck1]

Interesting!!! Now that you know you have a 996 motor you may want to do a re-flash of your DME with ROW. That would allow you to remove a good portion of those vacuum hoses. If you have a Durametric you will have to get it reworked to be able to get all your readings again. Just a thought....

[tommy583]

Originally Posted by kiyakubuke

so, I was picking up my wife Mercedes from our Mechanic. which happens to be the same place I bought my boxster and they have done work on it as well. so I took the opportunity to ask the head tech about my secondary air injection system being different than any diagrams I can find. he says, "well the 911 engines have different SAI systems". I'm like, "yeah, so what's that have to do with anything?". he sort of looked puzzled for a second and said, "well, your car has a 911 engine, you didn't know that?"
no, no I did not. "oh, I thought you knew that when you bought it. yeah, the previous owner replaced a blown engine with a 911 with about 10K miles on it."
so now that I have this little piece of info, a lot of things are clear, like, how these F%*%&#* hoses are connected

Well now that you said that, I see your oil cooler has a 996 part number on it.