New 2001 Boxster S - Coolant after drive?

[jpc763]

Originally Posted by kk2002s

Defiantly get updated cap
Top off with distilled water until you can determine the type of coolant that is in your system
Get the level between min and max
Newer Porsche coolant is pink in color and mixing coolants can be a bad thing
There is an overflow drain around the right rear tire as well
I have had one time where i had similar drip but just once

In response, there were drips, but also a pool underneath. Less than a pint of fluid total on the floor, but more than a few drops.

I took the car into Poudre Sports Car here in Fort Collins (highly regarded). They are going to take a look at it (unfortunately they are building race cars for an event this weekend) and I will post their reply. The guy said worse case would be a water pump. 6 hours labor and a $300 part so $1K. He also said that it could be a lot of other things as well

I am going to need to begin collecting new tools to do some of this work myself.

So my cap is NOT current (blue green)?

[RickG]

I had that problem and it ended up being a hose clamp that was loose on one of the lower coolant hoses. Once you take off the lower plastic undercarriage covers, you can inspect it.