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The cylinder head from a Honda S2000 or a Pontiac Grand Prix GT are not interchangeable with any Porsche engine cylinder heads. What you might have a better shot at doing than what you are suggesting with Gary at Ok is to try to have him get the cylinder head from whatever junk yard (or recycler as they like to be called) where you may find a good one. Junk yards trade parts between themselves all the time. If you try to do it that way, the junk yard that actually provides it to Gary at Ok and Gary at Ok will both make a little profit and you will get your good cylinder head. A win-win situation for everybody. Good luck. Regards, Maurice. I called silver star they didint have one nor did there search show up one. I will call Gary again. Gary was rude while I was calm. He said I will call him when I get a chance, Thank you and hung up. Thats just wrong. Hes done me wrong so bad already.He has our CC number. I guess its not urgent for him that hes screwd me over twice. Ive been w/o the car since August 4th, it was brought into shop August 11th.

The cylinder head from a Honda S2000 or a Pontiac Grand Prix GT are not interchangeable with any Porsche engine cylinder heads. What you might have a better shot at doing than what you are suggesting with Gary at Ok is to try to have him get the cylinder head from whatever junk yard (or recycler as they like to be called) where you may find a good one. Junk yards trade parts between themselves all the time. If you try to do it that way, the junk yard that actually provides it to Gary at Ok and Gary at Ok will both make a little profit and you will get your good cylinder head. A win-win situation for everybody. Good luck. Regards, Maurice. I called silver star they didint have one nor did there search show up one. I will call Gary again.

So heres the drama. I have purchased two heads now from OK foreign. Both of them are cracked. When they get here they go to a machinist who has a block and head tester. OK foreign claims they test them in the car. OK has held me back over two weeks now. I tried this site: http://car-part.com/ it came up with a Pontiac Gran prix gt head? So I have to see what Gary at Ok is going to do for me. At this point I just want to give up but of course cant. I would like for OK foreign car to credit the card and I will get one from another source. Maybe that Silver Star place has one. The machinist here does heli-arc welding but my shop here thinks it cant be welded where it is but I have to call him in a hour. So do other heads work on this care that are identical? Like the Honda S2000 an the Pontiac Grand Prix GT? Im not going to buy a new one.Thats out of the question. The heads are costing 5-500 plus 50 or so for shipping. Ive only paid for one of course but there both bad. AHHHHHH What to do now!

Thanks an hr ago I ordered a used head from OK foreign. The engine was a takeout for a replacement engine due to a Blance shaft issue? He didint know mileage since it was a take out but it was from a 2000 or 2001. It will end up being about 1500 less for using a used head thats rebuilt once it arrives.

redmond European. They also quoted me 650 to rebuild the head.They send it out to a machinist.I feel thats pretty high. Thats without the vale springs an valves. Thye figure thye have enough valves to use from the old head and new head.

Remember the head and the cam cover are a matched set - so you will need both. yes Im buying the valve cover if I go this route. I didnt realize each head is 3300. I thought there was one. I only need one thank god. Its cheaper to buy a used engine if you needed two which is a bit ridicilous on porsches part I think.

Any reason why not to buy a used head? I would have it compression tested and valves replaced. A new one for 7 times as much money has a one year warranty or 12k. Old 500 or 750 with cam New 3500. I understand things could go wrong with this used one I also understand new things could go wrong with the new but covered under warranty for a short period.I mean this car took 7 years for the head to crack. Thanks

Hi I have a post on here " My engines toast now what" that alot of you have helped with thanks. Found out today that its the head , theres a crack between the clylinder 1 and 2 wheres theres and alleyway one carries oil the other water, theres a crack between them thus sending oil into the water. My Indie shop wants 3500 for a brand new head. Where can i find a rebuilt one? I understand that if I get one from the junkyard it should be pressure tested and new valves put in and replace the head gasket as well. He suggested Oklahoma Foregin car an one semi local to here ( Im in Seattle) called Camel Nelson in Arlington. I havent looked at either one of these due to just finding out news, there both junkyards not rebuilders of heads. I understand theres salvage yards that just rebuild heads??? The car is a 01 Boxter S with 50k. Triptronic. Thanks

Very nice, thanks

Since I just looked up the value at kbb dot com . Does anyone know where on the net it explains the options to know if I have them or not? Example full leather verse leather seats and sport design or sport touring pkg. Also aero kit and wheel pkg. Thanks

There wasnt a compression test. The shop that replaced the AOS wasnt what I expected. I told him a few forums thought it may be the AOS. So he assumed I wanted it replaced instead of diagnosing. There computer cant talk to porsches. I was very upset. The smoke to a novice eye is white. In the car it smells like antifreeze burning. When the smoke came out first time at the end of pipe tips it was residue of liquid which to me seemed like oil. There is very much presence of oil in the antifreeze filler tank.

No we didint drive it. It was loaded on a flatbed. The place before said they still saw smoke. They mentioned white and blue but they may been blowing smoke up my u know what. I was reffered to Redmonds by a owner out here of Woodinville sports Cars . Redmonds has been in business for 35 years.Was told it was an honest shop and does good work and knows what thye are doing.

When I dropped off at Redmond European he said by looking at dipstick he didint see any water. Its obvious theres oil in the antifreeze though. When you say cracked cylinder liner do you mean block or head ? or did you mean a piston? I was told by a shop if it was head cracked it would be a 3000 part and about 3k in labor. Head gasket about 3 grand for all. The place its at now would rather drop the engine to work on it since he says thye come out pretty easy and the time it would take to try and do it through the top might just equal out due to it being harder to work on in the car? I dont know this place had a bunch of porsches there which helps the comfort level and only 2 audis that I saw. He alos said that he has never seen a block crack on anything but 98 and 99 so never on an 01. My fingers are crossed its not the block.

I believe theres on in bellevue and seattle, one is called barrier. Im taking it to a place that specializes in three makes , one is porsche.Looking for them to tell me what it is before I make and decisions. This first place is costing me 150 that its at now.Thye just tell me I need a new engine.

Thanks Ed, thats really nice. We are going to send it to Redmond European in the morning where they will do a block compression test an a oil cooler compression test. Then diagnose from there. Thye alos run dye through the engine.

The car was purchased at a dealership 3.5 years ago used in santa monica california.It was an Audi dealership. Its currently at Autohaus Vick in Bellevue WA they are all Bosch certified techs. They might be over there head a little bit in replacing an engine on this car.There engine is 4000 more anyways. What they have told me is , theres oil in the antifreeze, there antifreeze in the oil. Theres no codes for loosing compression which might mean a head gasket. He says theres blowby , hes 98% sure it needs a new engine. But they didnt do compression test, they didnt check the oil cooler ( which I understand can cause the same issues I am having) They claim its not the oil cooler because theres blowby? But sunset imports in portland told me its 9 times out of 10 the issue your having is the oil cooler. The water/oil mix thing. It is leaking coolant under rear passenger tire. Thye want way too much for a new engine anyways. I was told 10600 by someone else new from porsche if it does need one and 1800 labor plus any misc. parts oil , clutch etc. Says it may top out at 15k but thye would determine the problem first.This person says rarely on these cars does the block crack. He only services porsches for 30yrs. Some other shop wants to do a compression test on the oil coooler, a block comression test to test for hydrocarbons that will determine if it s a head gasket. I did smell antifreeze in the car while driving. Also the place that has it now said they saw white smoke and even a little blue. It couldnt just be the heater core right? Im just trying to feed more info here to see if I can stir anything up. Thank you

Ebay has two right now both for right around 5k, one has 90 day warranty on block. The other one I didnt notice. I dont have time due to urgency of getting it fixed as quick as possible so im looking for a short answer on the larger engine options. I understand it needs mods if it were to be done. I guess theres a 3.4 and a 3.6 engine replacement. Any ideas what this job cost? I have done some research with locals around here and I was told the 20k was high.Theres not many options in seattle for this car.

Hi, a few post below here says "major white smoke out of pipes" Well had AOS replaced. But coolant is going into the oil and oil is going into the coolant. So the well respected auto mechanics its at tells us it probaly a cracked head gasket or cracked head. Either way it needs a new engine. He says 28 hours in an out and 5 hrs to clean out tubes etc. Plus 14 k for engine (longblock). Total of 20k!!!! We cant do this for more than one reason. The tech heard there was a technical bullentin put out on the boxter s where the engine block didint meet right with the head but he called a dealer and gave VIN and we are out of warranty , its a 2001 boxter s with just under 50k on it. I have questions to the board not in any order 1) We are thinking of getting a junkyard engine put in. Has anyone here bought one and for how much approximately? 2) Should we have them drop it just to confirm the issues since it has to be dropped anyways in case its lesser of a problem. 3) Any other options that im missing here? Thanks

OK, I had the AOS replaced. I expected there to be smoke till the oil burned off. I took it for a ride for 50 miles yesterday at speeds between 30-70. It was cool out. Had a little smoke. Then on way back I put it in second drove it up to 6k rpms then shifted into third big smoke came out for 3 seconds then stopped.I did that one more time and more smoke for 3 seconds, then tried again twice an none. Temperature gauge remained normal but the red was blinking on the gauge. Only half the time though. I did make a mistake two weeks and again last night, I filled the coolant once two weeks ago with 100% antifreeze no water mix. Then after picking up car it was low again and t was some congealing on the top looking like mustard in color and texture. I filled it again 100% antifreeze. Then this morning it was very low. I understand it needs to be mixed was wondering would this cause it to burn it much quicker or the white smoke. When driving yesterday at times we did smell antifreeze.

If you can't find anything here the Pelican Parts tech site of Porsche Pete's Boxster Board will have how to's with detailed instructions and pictures. It's not a complicated R & R but access is tight at times. Good news is the replacement part has been improved since your model year end is less likely to fail in the same way the older ones did. To be on the safe side I wouldn't drive the car anymore until you've isolated and fixed the problem. Good luck and I hope the OAS turns out to be the problem. Thanks, I did find a link on a how to with pics to replace this part. This is a very helpful forum. I have only used babblers.

Hi guys an gals, I did a search on smoke and came up with alot of people seeing smoke on startup. My car 01 Boxter S 45k, recently ( 1 month ago) did the white smoke on startup after sitting for 5 days pretty bad. Then mornings after nothing really. This morning it smoked medium to light. On way home ( 18 miles into a 20 mile trip) it smoked so bad you couldnt see behind you. I pulled over. The exhaust tips has what appears to be oil in them smoking. It smells bad. A kid stopped had an opinion. First a note : got the oil changed in it two weeks ago mobil one. After the first initial smoke issue one month ago The kid and I checked the oil and it appears to be overfull, its above the lines in the dipstick. We didnt observe any water in the oil, it looked clean no white. The car runs good, the water temp light was blinking but never went above 190. The dipstick when pulled was smoking.The oil cap when twisted off did not smoke. He thought maybe it was burning oil from being overfull but the car has been driven 3-400 miles since its change. Maybe a seal? The bad part is its 9pm here and we leave tommorrow very early for the east coast where we are getting married.So its going to sit for 10 days. I will be monitoring this post while there, I have easy internet access. Should I drain the oil a bit? And then bring to a shop? I know it should go in but im looking for solutions. I have been told it might be the oil air seperator. If so does anyone know what the procedure is to fix this, meaning. I have a shop in my small town that can work on it but cant communicate with the computer. So all he can do is see if the AOS has oil in it etc. Whatever the tell tales are I guess. Also should it be towed, again it ran fine for two miles to my house and the shop is 2 miles away. Thanks you Thanks