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97 Boxster · 12-03-2011, 04:18 AM

I think they key here is that I am having the sucking from the oil tube when I remove the cap. Can you all clarify that this is a sign to replace my AOS?

Regardless of whether or not my car smokes on startup (Which it only did on 2 occasions since I have had the car for 2 years) I should still get my AOS replaced.

Thanks for the heads up.

Ratanui · 12-06-2011, 12:34 PM

This may not be quite the same thing but we had a BMW 528 and it developed a fault with the AOS. We'd had it about a year or so when the engine developed a whistle coming from the head area. We were told it was a faulty valve in the AOS and were quoted about NZ$600-800 to fix it. I asked if it was something that needed to be done urgently as we needed the car for a 1000km trip that weekend. I was told that it wasn't really anything vital and that apart from maybe getting a little louder it wouldn't do anything much more than that.

We had the car for about 4 years (60,000 km's)after that and never bothered to get that fault fixed. The BMW agents didn't even bother to bring it up either really.

Meir · 12-08-2011, 07:55 PM

If you didn't fixed it yet, I will be happy to give you a hand with the job.
I'm located in Fort Lauderdale, and have all the required tools. so just send me a PM if you want.