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Old 03-05-2013, 02:03 PM   #1
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From your picture, there seems to be no oil leaking from the IMSB or the RMS. the oil is probably from the tranny, likely the seal behind the throw out bearing.
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From your picture, there seems to be no oil leaking from the IMSB or the RMS. the oil is probably from the tranny, likely the seal behind the throw out bearing.
Say it isn't so San….I was all ready to do the repairs on the IMS/RMS….and now it COULD be something else. This is bad news for me. Don't know what is involved to do repairs on Throw Out Bearing Seal. Is it hard to do? You have replaced everything on your car, is this something you have done or know where some instructibles are?

Better to find out now than to get it back together and have to do it all over again!

I thought I saw a little seeping under the IMS. I drained the old oil weeks ago. It has been sitting empty for a while…would that be it?

Thanks everyone for your help! I am having DTs from NOT DRIVING PORSCHE! Never thought it could happen, but…"My name is Mark. I am addicting to driving a Boxster".
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Thanks Kashmir!

These Boxster guys around DFW are GREAT!

Thanks for all the input!

Here is where I'm at…
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Say it isn't so San….I was all ready to do the repairs on the IMS/RMS….and now it COULD be something else. This is bad news for me. Don't know what is involved to do repairs on Throw Out Bearing Seal. Is it hard to do? You have replaced everything on your car, is this something you have done or know where some instructibles are?Better to find out now than to get it back together and have to do it all over again!

I thought I saw a little seeping under the IMS. I drained the old oil weeks ago. It has been sitting empty for a while…would that be it?

Thanks everyone for your help! I am having DTs from NOT DRIVING PORSCHE! Never thought it could happen, but…"My name is Mark. I am addicting to driving a Boxster".
http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Boxster_Tech/44-TRANS-Clutch/44-TRANS-Clutch.htm

Scroll down to the section on transmission mainshaft seal. Looks pretty easy to me.
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