[Allen K. Littlefield]

Originally Posted by SeanZ4

In Feb. '09 my '00 S with 38k mi. leaked on both sides when I returned home from skiing and letting it sit in sub zero temps. for a week. It was what the dealer (Scholfield Porsche-Benz-Jag) called the "cam tower seals" (?). They had given me a nice short-term, but all-inclusive wtty. when purchasing the car. They ended up having it for two weeks. They replaced everything, tubes, o-rings, cam seals, every single bolt. The itemized print out they gave me upon completion of all this was over 2 1/2 pages long! Plus they gave me a new Benz as a loaner and the Box was just a third/toy car for us. ...... Anyway, to answer your dropping the engine question. I asked the dealer the same question and his reply was that they did everything from underneath, but it was very tedious. I've seen a write-up either on Pedro's site or one similar on how to tighten all the cam tower bolts to stop leaks. I'll go look for it now.....

I will see about tightening the bolts when I get it inspected at my local private Porsche mechanics shop in a few days. He says it can be done from below without dropping the engine but I will have to change the oil again and I just did that. Will monitor the leak and if the bolt tightening doesn't do the job (and the mechanic thinks it won't) I will have to bite the bullet and take it in. It might be the plug tube that is leaking and that can also be taken care of without dropping engine. Pros & Cons of a hidden mid engine design we have to live with.

AKL