"Belle" The Boxster S Project

[neil_b]

A common fault on Boxsters is that although the stainless steel exhaust lasts for many years (mine is still good after 15 years) Porsche used cheap nuts to hold the manifold to the cat and they rust. This allows a gap to form and causes a horrible noise. The studs you need to remove are stuck fast. Here's a video of how I finally got them out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mITEttfNwAw

[neil_b]

Air con wasn't working so I fixed it. The video shows you how I did it:

https://youtu.be/gokhNvCFuCg

[neil_b]

Eagle eyed viewers may have noticed the oil leak when I replaced my spark plugs and ignition coils a few episodes ago. This is because the rubber o-rings that seal the coil tubes fail over time and allow oil to pass through.

Here's my step by step video guide to removing the tubes and replacing the seals:
https://youtu.be/B0y3htZBGxc




7” bolt – part no. 333 from B&Q (UK)
Coil tubes - (996 105 325 52)
Coil sleeve O-ring (rear) - (999.707.343.40)
Coil sleeve O-rings (front) - (999.707.215)

[neil_b]

Swapped out the ant-roll bar bushes front and rear for polyurethane Powerflex ones.

Here's how I did it:

https://youtu.be/IEVIZmUDgug