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Originally Posted by fastfeeet
any other quick things you can tell me to watch out for, I have done a lot of research on the ims bearing, so im well aware of that issue. thanks in advance
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If you're asking about anything else you should be checking as a new Boxster owner...
1. Pull up the carpet and wood in your rear trunk. If you see radiator fluid, you may have a cracked coolant reservoir or loose hoses or both.
2. With the motor hot and turned off, add a little motor oil and see if your filler tube is cracked inside the firewall in the engine compartment. If it is, you'll smell burning oil because it drips on your exhaust manifold. The plastic accordion type of tube they used is very weak in design and heat makes it brittle over time.
3. Wheel bearings go out on our cars rather prematurely compared to any other brand you've owned, so jack up the front and then the rear and yank hard top to bottom on your tires and see if there's any play. Noise when rolling the wheels also indicates worn bearings.
4. Change the air filter unless it looks brand new, and don't put a K&N oiled filter in there. Factory is what you want. Because it's a pain in the arse to do, very few owners actually do this regularly.
... there are a zillion more things, but this is a short list to check if the PPO didn't tell you these are all A-OK and not worth checking.