white smoke from my 99 Boxster

[mikes_box]

i would give it a vote for the air oil separator... when mine went out all it did was smoke constantly until it was finally changed. If you say your coolant level is ok and you don't see any oil in it i would say its the AOS. mine was same way. you would notice a drop in oil as the oil is probably all over the engine bay when the aos goes bad. don't let the car run too long with AOS being out they say it can damage something due to the oil being burned out. I would go ahead and just order the part form sunset for about $100 shipped to your door. Shouldn't take longer than 2 hours of do it yourself. or if you can't wait I bought mine from michael steade porsche in walnut creek for $110...

[d18mike]

I agree. For the cost of an A/O Separator, it's almost worth it strictly as a preemptive move on a 120K car. You will likely need to change to anyway at some point. And if that's the problem you've saved yourself time and cost in further diagnosis.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I'm surprised that people who have experience servicing Porsches did not at least list this as one of the possible causes. That gives me slight pause about those guys. You might want to seek a second shop.

[mikes_box]

yeah at 120k miles i would definetly try the aos first. for a $100 repair it might be the culprit. mine went out and it only had 40k miles on it...

[roster]

Hi @all,

thanks for your replies!

I have spent quite some time with my garage this morning. It turns out they are more experienced with old 911s than Boxsters ... and I do see them there all the time! I showed them some comments from the forum and advised them to look into the forum - they can easily destroy their reputation acting like this.

Well, they understood the situation! Unfortunately, though being German (come on let's play with some stereotypes) I am not an engineer (and don't like and play soccer) - so they will have to take care of that part next week.

how did you guys learn DIY? Any hints? Somebody want to teach a 42 yr old apprentice :-) ?

I have had a lot of different cars, mainly German and Swedish: but this really is the best car I've ever had (with the small downside that it is in the garage since last week and I don't drive it currently!)

Thanks again and I'll keep you posted!

Rolf

P.S., today, Saturday, Munich Oktoberfest began! Prosit to all!

[roster]

Hi

got my babe back this week - it was the Oil Seperator as the garage put it. Don't know if that is the same part as the 'Air-Oil-Seperator', but as a matter of fact there is no smoke anymore!

Thanks guys and have a great weekend
Rolf

[blinkwatt]

Same part.