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Okay update for you. My Porsche specialist has inspected the car and said that one of the core plugs had popped out. He has replaced it and used a special lock tight compound to hold it in place. He topped up the oil and it needed 3 litres to reach the full level. Considering the quantity of oil left on the recovery truck and on the workshop floor it suggests that it probably only dropped 1.5 litres when it popped and the smoke was a result of the oil hitting the hot exhaust. He has run the engine and said it was running sweetly, he has dropped the oil and replaced the lot with fresh Mobil 1 together with a new oil filter. He is going to keep the car, to let the lock tight cure and then use a compound on top to ensure it stays in place and give it a full road test. Hopefully ready for Monday

Thanks guys - will keep my fingers crossed till I get the diagnosis from my local Porsche specialist. Mine is a year 2000 Boxster 3.2 S with 60,000 miles Interesting exactly the same thing happened to a guy who has posted on boxa.net and his is also awaiting diagnosis. His was is also a 2000 3.2 S with 63K miles

Well Boxster ownership was all going sweetly until about 2 hours ago. Had just washed her and decided to go for a run to a local garden centre. Roof down enjoying the sun ....... Under acceleration in 3rd just approaching garden centre I suddenly noticed a cloud of white/greyish smoke from the back which eased off and then continued. Pulled into the garden centre car park and into a space, oil pressure light came on and switched off immediately. Smoke then started coming out of the air intakes and I got out - worried it might catch fire ……. It didn’t Now standing outside the car I then noticed a trail of oil following me into the car park space, and oil covering the freshly washed rear bumper. Looked down the drive and it had gone right from the entrance too. (When I got a lift back with my parents later you can see the trail of oil for about 1/4 mile prior to the garden centre). The engine oil was spot on when I set off and now it is empty on the electronic dipstick – so it has dropped a lot very quickly - and looking underneath its covered Its typically Sunday so have left the car in secure garden centre car park and will have it recovered to my independent Porsche specialist tomorrow. I am half way through my 3 month warranty as only purchased car in March. It has now done 60,000 miles and I have put 2,500 mile on it since I picked it up. I am guessing this is pretty dam serious - any ideas as to what this might be? Could this be the classic water cooled engine-going-pop problem? – this happened to my cousin’s 996 C4 requiring a new engine. Would appreciate some advice - thanks RGB