Buying a non-running Boxster S

[stelan]

Easy, get under the car and remove the oil filter and inspect that will tell you if it is something expensive, if oil is clean with no metal or plastic debris then I would buy it hoping for something easy

[78F350]

Originally Posted by stelan

Easy, get under the car and remove the oil filter and inspect that will tell you if it is something expensive, if oil is clean with no metal or plastic debris then I would buy it hoping for something easy

I disagree.
I have an honesty problem. When I sell a car, I spend more time telling the buyer everything I can think of that is wrong with it, then make sure they get it for at least 10% less than I am asking.
If I was not like that, I would find it quite easy to drain the oil and place a brand new filter in an engine that was toast, and sell it for a few THOUSAND more.

I am not aware of a simple, non-invasive way to verify that a non-running engine will be a cheap repair. As Tom pointed out, even knowing that it does have one problem, does not mean there aren't many others lurking.

Leafdude, If you can't afford to make an expensive mistake on this one, keep looking.