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senna21 · 05-30-2008, 01:54 PM

I think Autofarm in the UK estimates that about 5-10% of the 996/Boxster engines wind up having a some form of major engine issue.

Good reading here.

http://www.autofarm.co.uk/pdf/Total911_July06.pdf
http://www.autofarm.co.uk/pdf/911PW_Apr06.pdf

I'd love to get a Boxster S and sell my MR2 Turbo but the engine failures just scare the h@ll out of me.

I'm sorry to hear about your poor misfortune 2001saxster but I doubt you'll get any kind of compensation.

Do you know if it was the oil to air separator that failed or was it the dreaded cylinder wall failure. I also know of a gentleman on Rennlist that bought a second hand Boxster at a dealer for his wife and the engine ate itself within two weeks. He bit the bullet and just bought a crate motor from Porsche. I think it was $10K out the door and had everything ready to go in. The only items I don't think it had was the flywheel and A/C compressor. His failure was caused by the oil pump gear digging into the housing and eventually a large chunk of metal caused it to size up.

Good luck.

05-30-2008, 01:54 PM	#17
senna21 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 16	I think Autofarm in the UK estimates that about 5-10% of the 996/Boxster engines wind up having a some form of major engine issue. Good reading here. http://www.autofarm.co.uk/pdf/Total911_July06.pdf http://www.autofarm.co.uk/pdf/911PW_Apr06.pdf I'd love to get a Boxster S and sell my MR2 Turbo but the engine failures just scare the h@ll out of me. I'm sorry to hear about your poor misfortune 2001saxster but I doubt you'll get any kind of compensation. Do you know if it was the oil to air separator that failed or was it the dreaded cylinder wall failure. I also know of a gentleman on Rennlist that bought a second hand Boxster at a dealer for his wife and the engine ate itself within two weeks. He bit the bullet and just bought a crate motor from Porsche. I think it was $10K out the door and had everything ready to go in. The only items I don't think it had was the flywheel and A/C compressor. His failure was caused by the oil pump gear digging into the housing and eventually a large chunk of metal caused it to size up. Good luck.