motor - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Brucelee · 03-09-2005, 06:55 PM

Quick answers

Buy a manual tomorrow.

You check the oil level in the rear trunk.

Stay away from the engine.

Best of luck and welcome to our little forum.

Thumper · 03-10-2005, 06:28 AM

Stay away from the engine?????

What fun is that? :dance: this guy is soooo cool

Ronzi · 03-10-2005, 07:31 AM

If you have an insatiable desire to monkey with the engine, first hunt around on this site for threads about real-life experiences with engine mods.
Even stupid-simple things like changing the air filter system can lead to "unintended consequences", ref. RandallNeighbour's post.
It's like a high school art student looking at the Mona Lisa, and saying, "I can fix that smirk real easy." It ain't happenin'.

Perfectlap · 03-10-2005, 08:23 AM

When I checked out my Boxster before buying it I asked to see the engine and the salesman said he didn't know how to get to it. This was the trade-in lot for a Acura dealership. So I said "ok lets get in and maybe we can hear it instead of seeing it". My Boxster only had 10,000 miles with a clean title so I didn't bother to bring a mechanic. We also have a six month mandatory engine and transmission warranty here in New Jersey for all used cars.