Smoke bomb

[itsnotanova]

I suspect you're right. Lets hope that's it because that's the easy fix. I bought a car at auction once that had that as the problem. Guessing the dealer tried dumping it off at the auction thinking the motor had blown. It was my first time working on a boxster and it only took me ten minutes to fix.

[grc0456]

Originally Posted by itsnotanova

I suspect you're right. Lets hope that's it because that's the easy fix. I bought a car at auction once that had that as the problem. Guessing the dealer tried dumping it off at the auction thinking the motor had blown. It was my first time working on a boxster and it only took me ten minutes to fix.

That translates into 100 minutes for me to fix. I'm DIY challenged. Please don't judge.

Seriously, hope it is only AOS.



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[jb92563]

Been there as well. The smoke was so thick that I could not see cars behind me and at a light I smoked out a whole block. Cars around me had to turn their headlights on as I drove it a 1000' to my house.
I estimate it burned 1.5 quarts of oil in those couple minutes.

It was so ridiculous I started to laugh once I recognized that it was just the AOS.

I thought that would be a nice feature to have on a switch though to rid yourself of tailgaters.

I think I paid around $130 a couple years ago for a new AOS from Pelican.
It came with a new bellows and clamps.

Its not a difficult fix, but a bit hard to get at.

I found it easiest with the rear jacked up, the passenger rear tire removed and the top in service position.

Pay careful attention to securing the rubber bellows properly as it would be easy to introduce an air leak there that would cause all manner of frustrations.

I wonder what it is that actually fails in the AOS.
My experience has been that its typically a $1 piece that fails in most mechanical things.
I still have the old one and plan to cut it open an see what goes on inside, and what fails.