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  1. suburban99
    Engine is out of car 1997 Boxster. Pulled IMS housing off and found bearing to be relatively new and in good shape. (IMO) Bearing is made in Japan. I would assume a factory bearing would be made in Germany?...? Pulled plastic seal and changed o-ring and re-installed housing...
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    All the bearings are the same size in all the serp pulleys. The tensioner pulley has a 15mm bolt in the back and a 15/16" (?mm) on the front side. These pulleys are also all the same, regardless of function. Good luck.
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    When I first bought my 1997 Boxster, I trailered it home and took it for a ride to my kids school. One of the serpentine belt pulleys locked up and it threw the belt off. I loaded it back on the trailer and brought it home. I took off the pulley and replaced the bearing as I am cheap. Now that my engine is out of the car I replaced the other 2 and snapped some pictures. The bearings cost me about $8.00 each (I buy quite a few bearings each month for my company) It is really easy to do if you have a vice to use as a press. The bearing I used was a 6203 NSE Nachi.
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    Mine is a 1997... You run a wire from the foglight fuse to pin 86 of the foglight relay. When ignition switch is turned on foglights go on. When highbeams are on, foglights go off.
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    There is also some good videos on u-tube...search boxster engine removal.
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    One bolt on top of transmission. Access from the left is best...IIRC...:)
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    I used a combination of the bentley and one other source. PM me...
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    Cracked oil fill tube or bad o ring could be the source. I removed my engine a couple weeks ago and have oil in the exact same spot. My oil fill tube cracked while I was trying to remove it and I suspect it had been cracked for some time.
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    i also agree that in that area its more likely to be the AOS or at least the bellows tube that sits directly on the bottom of the unit Could also be the o ring for the right bank oil pump...mine was leaking there when I bought it.
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    Mine is hacked to run the foglights as DRL. I think it looks better...a car imported from elsewhere will not pass inspection into Canada without Daytime running lights.
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    Actually the height is needed to get the intake manifolds to barely pass under the stabilizer or aluminum support chanel bolts. These pieces are removed, however the mounting studs are still there...and in the way. I would not try it the first time without dropping the tranny. My tranny was quite grungy and needed a good cleaning anyway. If memory serves the shift cables pull off easily and the slave cylinder can be detached without losing any fluid. All that's left is the mounting bolts for the tranny mounts and the reverse light switch. With tranny out there is much more room to work. IMO of course.. Also the a/c unit is easy to remove while LOWERING the engine...Lower it bit and it slides right out and into the cockpit with lines attached...
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    A picture is worth a thousand words...(bumper,tranny,muffler all off) made a custom bridge assembly to hold the engine while I removed transmission, and then lowered engine onto a motorcycle style scissor jack and slid it out.
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    Will do my best. I have 2 days of Insurance left and it's away for the Winter and the fun can start... Any updates? Engine and tranny are out, actually not too bad, getting the car high enough to slide it out from underneath is the tough part. Parts on order from Sunset include vario cam wear shoes, camshaft timing chains, AOS, numerous hoses and seals and clutch kit. Total was about $800.00 or so. Engine is on a stand and it is much easier to work on...
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    I have removed the engine on my 1997 boxster 5 speed, and found a puddle of oil on the top of the motor. The oil fill tube was very brittle and cracked when I was removing the engine. Car has 106,000 miles and runs good. I have added 1 litre of oil all summer and drove about 3-4000 miles. I have a leak at the passenger side cam cover that I will address as well. I believe the oil came from a cracked fill tube but do not know for sure. Any ideas? RMS is good but IMS seal is leaking and I will replace bearing.
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    Flywheel has about 10-11mm movement cw and ccw...returns to centre when released. I will re-install. What is the wear limit for the clutch? Or should I replace while I am in there...do not know history of clutch replacement.
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    I have removed the engine from my 1997 5 speed. I grabbed the pressure plate and twisted it to see if the clutch was engaged tight. I noticed the flywheel moved about 2 or 3 degrees like it was rubber mounted. As these cars have a dual mass flywheel, how much should it move? (I removed the flywheel to check the IMS and RMS.)
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    I am in the proces of removing my transmission as well. The bolt on my 1997 5 speed is a 10MM triple square also known as a ZXN socket. I bought one at NAPA... It looks like a torx, but has 12 points instead of 6 points...
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    Loren, I have a Bentley and another manual in .pdf version. I have read through both several times. I cannot see where it says remove transmission first. However all the Bentley pictures are without the transmission attached. The .pdf version says to remove them together using a special plate that holds tranny and engine together. I guess the question really is what way is easier without a lift? I am leaning towards transmission first.
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