986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners - View Single Post

Ghostrider 310 · 11-03-2011, 07:33 AM

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee32/firesphotons2/001-4.jpg

Don't know how much an image will help, whatever happen to my 986 was not the IMS, it is some kind of failure in the head on the left bank driver's side. Given it used to make a certain noise on startup that would then stop, I'm now thinking tensioner, any thoughts? Sorry for lousy camera work but you can see it seeped oil on the left header where it all merges. Damage only to left side. PS How high up does a Boxster need to be to drop the engine out of the bottom? Just saw the tensioner upgrade repair that Wayne did a fantastic job explaining, wayy to hard for this kid..

11-03-2011, 07:33 AM	#19
Ghostrider 310 Ex Esso kid Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NY Posts: 1,605	http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee32/firesphotons2/001-4.jpg Don't know how much an image will help, whatever happen to my 986 was not the IMS, it is some kind of failure in the head on the left bank driver's side. Given it used to make a certain noise on startup that would then stop, I'm now thinking tensioner, any thoughts? Sorry for lousy camera work but you can see it seeped oil on the left header where it all merges. Damage only to left side. PS How high up does a Boxster need to be to drop the engine out of the bottom? Just saw the tensioner upgrade repair that Wayne did a fantastic job explaining, wayy to hard for this kid.. Last edited by Ghostrider 310; 11-03-2011 at 08:01 AM.