986 boxster problem

[Beelzy]

Starting to sound like a snow choked Alternator??

[pixlanish]

another update to this
this morning i drove and was going about 80 the car was going fine
came home and there was a dark blackish bownish liquid leaking alot from the car
and there was smoke coming from the back of the car white smoke from around the engine.

[Steve Tinker]

This has now developed into a big problem you are experiencing.
If you have intermixing of the coolant and oil (which it sounds like you have) its time for you to take it to an EXPERIENCED Porsche shop for diagnosis. Do not run the engine or drive the car - have it flat- bedded.
The problem could be as simple as a faulty heat exchanger or as serious as a major engine failure - only a good Porsche tech will be able to advise you on your next step.
But be warned, non of the remedies will be cheap to fix.....

[Overdrive]

I have to say, this just sounds like bad timing. The original problem doesn't seem to be related to what happened now. I could be wrong, of course, but it just seems to me that the car experienced two things going wrong in succession.

Hope you can find out what happened.

[Paul]

My 01 slipped its timimg while trying to start it. 89,000 miles.