How hard to remove & install the engine?

[FredinVa]

Thank you for all your input. I do not have a 2 post lift. I have a pair of lift stands, but I need to do some measuring.

[Newsguy]

And watch out for the parking brake cable. I've managed to forget clearing it twice!

[P_Carfahrer]

Originally Posted by Newsguy

And watch out for the parking brake cable. I've managed to forget clearing it twice!

This also gave me trouble with all the hoses on the corner of the motor behind the driver.

It is a fairly straight forward process. The thing I had trouble with was getting the power steering reservoir off.

Tons of good info in this Pelican write up.

https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Boxster_Tech/15-ENGINE-Engine_Drop/15-ENGINE-Engine_Drop.htm

[Qingdao]

I'm still a strong believer in using a normal engine hoist to drop the engine down. The hoist holds the engine from the top so its as easy as lowering the engine down and on to the furniture dolly.

Just use a long chain and have the hoist at its highest... then lower the engine down with the crane. Simple as that.






I can tell you all about lowering the boxer out. I got no comment on putting one back in. LOL

[BYprodriver]

This is my prefered way from the bottom.

[husker boxster]

The Bentley manual for Porsche Boxster has an entire chapter on how to remove & install the motor. You can find this for sale from time to time in the Parts section of the classifieds, or Christmas is coming and you could ask Santa for a new one.



But once you get it out, you have to replace it. Obviously, you want to replace the IMS, RMS, clutch, and flywheel before you put the replacement back in but there may be several more things to do While It's Out. And how are you going to ensure the rod bearings are good on the replacement? That may be the source of your original engine's copper. It can get expensive with all the extras before you slap the new engine in.

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by FredinVa

Thank you for all your input. I do not have a 2 post lift. I have a pair of lift stands, but I need to do some measuring.

Fred, IMHO you will be better off (and safer) if you use four stands instead of two, this way the engine/transmission will come straight down/up.
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