Great Tech Q&A Articles on Oil Leaks
 

Here are a couple of great Tech Q& A articles from the PCA website concerning several types of oil leaks and their causes:

This one is fantastic. It just showed up in Panorama magazine and explains the causes of the RMS problem along with others.

This one only deals with a question about the previous article.

This one deals with a possible head gasket problem and how to check for it.

There are tons of Q&A Tech sessions on almost everything about the Boxster on the PCA website. Here's a link to the Boxster section.

Enjoy! :cheers:

Yes, I agree, the Q&A stuff on the Boxster at the PCA web-site is very good and informative reading. You don't need to be a PCA Member to view the information but, you do need to be a Member to submit a question. FYI.

Great reads...

I wonder when Porsche will fix this once and for all.. I was actually very surprised that this was not fixed for the 2005+ redesign..

Maybe porsche thinks this is a great engine design, despite the propencity to have RMS issues.. Maybe the good outweighs the bad.. who knows...

Mike

@ John,

Good Stuff!!

Happy Motoring!...Jim'99

Seeing it's from a "hanging" tranny, I don't know how they can do it.

Here is the seal mentioned in the second article.

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15

Mike,

Porsche has chosen to sacrifice Quality for Profit! That may sound Harsh, but this issue remains unresolved since 1997, and plagues both the Boxster and the 911!

Instead of a proper Recall, which could cost the Company Millions (so what?... it's just fixing their F*ck-up), Porsche has taken the Risk Management point of view and repaired those cars retroactively, because it's cheaper than recalling all possibly affected Cars. The problem is that many Out-of-Warranty or Second Owners are having to foot most, if not all, of the bill for the repair.

This is disgusting and I am currently researching, through my Congressman, how one approaches the Dept. of Commerce and the NHTSA to try and force a recall so that owners don't need to pay for the repair of a flaw which should have been perfected to begin with.

Happy Motoring!...Jim'99