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  1. kamran66
    I had the same thud sound...the front engine mount was bad...I replaced it myself.
  2. kamran66
    I have a strong suspicon it's your oil separator or the oil filler tube making this noise...check the threads for engine smoke and or oil separator...
  3. kamran66
    i bought the oil separator from the dealer..it cost me $85.00...it comes with the infamous collapsing bellow that everyone talks about...btw, my bellow was collapsing due to a bad oil separator..it's basically a vacuum canister with a diaphram on top..my guess is it gets gunked up and fails in the open or closed position and thus lets oil into the intake which in turn makes a cloud of smoke...remember what i said about the clamp with the blue retainer ring..it will save you a lot of trouble installing the oil separator...lastly, you don't need to change the plugs or gaskets or anything, the previous post was correct. kamran
  4. kamran66
    here is a DIY for the oil separator... just removed mine today will put it back in the A.M....first you need to jack the car and remove the two bolts holding the separator then you must release the lower clamp on the bellow this is kind of tricky because of the tight access..then up on top to undo the two vacuum lines the lower one is a bear..i broke the plastic lock clamp, i will have to improvise something tomorrow. once you release the separator from the top you can pull it up sufficiently to have room to release the lower hose..one important thing the porsche dealer parts guy helped me out by giving me another type of clamps for the bellow, it had a plastic ring locking it open till you were ready to pull them off..this was a life saver..ask the dealer it looks exactly as the original but have a blue plastic retainer. here is another thread for the separator: http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...st=entry14531 here are pics of the seperator thanks to Renee.... http://renee.devetter.home.comcast.net/box...ilsep/index.htm kamran
  5. kamran66
    I wanted to write so we can capture as much info as possible because IMO this is an easy fix...let me start by saying if the white smoke is accompanied by a squealing noise it could be 1 of 3 things; first is the oil separator, this is the black plastic canister on top of the engine towards the back on the passenger side, they have a tendency to break and cause a vacuum leak that causes the rubber bellow that attatches to it to collapse thus making the squealing noise that everyone mistakens for a belt slipping. 2. The bellow mentioned above could be broken or torn and it causes oil leak around engine that will make white smoke. by the way the new oil separator will come with a new bellow attached, the bellow itself is a pain to change it wihout first removing the pan below for access. 3.the oil filler tube to a lesser degree will cause the squealing noise..not so common for it to cause white smoke though. oh by the way I had the above problem on 2000 boxster the bellow was collapsed...i changed it only to find out the oil separator was causing it to collapse. total cost 175.00 and 4 hours of knuckle grinding labor..mostly due to my refusal to disassemble other parts for access....anyways let me say i'm not an expert but I just wanted to help out the next soul who will freak when he sees the cloud of white smoke coming from the engine.
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