RascalRuss

if you dont buy it, let me buy it :D

I found the plug to be in ok condition to be honest, they did not seem fouled with carbon deposits and seems pretty dry.

Hi Loren, I have just brought a OBD reader as per our PM's. When you say are the connectors seated properly, do you mean the LT lead going in to the coils. When I was fitting them I triple checked they were in tightly The smoke would not be an oil seperator problem, that I keep reading about, would it, causing misfire? many thanks Russ

Hey all, Well I fitted my new coils yesterday. All 6 of the old ones had verying size cracks in so the new ones were a good investment I guess. Bad news though, Still misfiring alot. One thing I noticed this morning as well, when I started it up from cold after a night of standing, is a huge puff of blue/white smoke coming out the exhaust, this then turned more to a white smoke as it heated up, then a few minitues later it calmed down. Loren, Tool Pants, anyone, any idea's?? many thanks Russ

Fantastic, I think I will wait for your insructions so I know I get it right.......so chop chop!!! lol I also found the inner one (by the brake disc) split as well, typical!!! Many thanks Russ

Hey all, I was investigation another probrem I have with my boxster S and came across yet another issue. The CV joint gaiter has split and so I need a new one as soon as possibly. Question - are these easy enough to change, do I need any special tools, and does any one have an intstructions for doing this. Huge thanks all Russ (edit - reformatted image to fit - Loren)

I took just 2 of the ignition coils off today on bank 1 I think (drivers side) and took some pictures would small cracks in the side like this really cause problems?? Many thanks Russ (edit - resized images - Loren)

Hey 0586slb, I will try and get the car booked in at the garage again and get they to write the codes down. If its helps at all, the car is a UK car, and is the MY00 (its a 99 reg year in the UK, but MY99 do not exist in the US cause of there reg system) I can tell if the cat is damaged, all Im getting is a rattling inside the exaust pipe, sound like after the CAT, which is more than likely a little bit fo CAT broken off, I guess if Im lucky the CAT might not of shattered and it just a little bit broken off, but this is probably rare. The exaust does nto smell rich or anything, and it sounds fine apart from the rattling. The tickings are engine speed dependant, so yes there could be tappets, but not exhasut system expansion. I thought they might have been arching cause of the coild being split. So if the O2 sensor is the one straight after the engine, this could be effecting the mixture and might have an effect on the misfiring. However a damaged CAT wont effect anything then will it cause its after the damage O2 sesnor. Also, surely, if the CAT is damaged the second O2 sensor up stream of the CAT will registar the damage, correct?? many thanks for all your help and advice on this guys and gals Russ

I cant cause I forgot to ask for them. Im trying to guess whats going wrong just from descriptions, :( sob sob unless I can plug my laptop into the car to get the codes some how

Hi anyone, can anyone answer the question I posted. Also, to try and fine tune in to what the fault is, not sure if this matters, but does the fact that it only seems to misfire at below 2000 - 2500 RPM. also, just reading the report, its says that the O2 sensor ahead of CAT fualty - faults stored in DME memory. is this the sensor after the CAT, therefore should not have an effect on the engine management and only check the CATs efficiency....correct? many thanks for all the help guys Russ

Infact, just found out, they dont have CAT lights, I thought they had cause when I took my clocks off my last boxster there was a slot (had not bulb in it) that said CAT

Oh right, thats interesting, couple of questions if I may, 1) Do all Boxster S have the two O2 sensor per cat arrangement, even the very early ones (UK-Reg:99, US-MY00) cause I came from a 2.5 boxster which only had the 1 O2 sensor per cat arrangement. 2)Is the CAT damage system very effective, Cause the reason Porsche said my CAT is damage is cause there is a rattle inside the exhaust (which is not the heat shielding) and its more than likely pieces of CAT broken off. However, my CAT light is not on. If the CAT light is not on, and the exhaust does not smell overly rich, might I be lucky and it could just be a little bit thats has broken off and the rest of the CAT is fine? 3)Have I understood correctly, that second O2 sensor (after the CAT) is not directly communicating with the Engine Check system and is part of the CAT check system. However, the first O2 sensor (before the CAT) is part of the engine check system and detects the air/fuel and burn characteristics of the engine? A couple more things I have noticed. First, my engine check light is not staying on now, instead it come on and then goes off. what happens is now and then when I try to accelerate away, the engine mis fires lots, then the engine senses a problem and the engine check light come one, HOWEVER, as soon as the engine check light comes on, it corrects its self and all the power come back and it runs OK'ish. Then once its settled the engine light goes off. What do you think? Another thing, as the engine ticks over, I can here lots of "tickings" now I cant say its for definate, but might this be arching ticks? many thanks Russ

would the cat itself cause misfires or just the O2 sensor and the ignition coils? I dont have the money for a new cat at the moment, so can only really get the new coils, do you think this will help?

Hey everyone, I need some serious help. My car has seriously started to mis-fire. It only started today but trying to think what caused it. I took it in to have a vehicle check at a dealership yesterday and they told me that a few things need replacing. First I need a new drivers side CAT cause it broken up slightly. This is also causing the O2 sensor to registar faulty. Second, all 6 of my coils have cracks in them. However, Porsche told me that they were not immediate issues and were not causing any problems, and its been running fine. However, this major misfire has started, and the engine check light has come on. Its only in the lower rev's region, and it splutter badly when you try to pull away, but then all of a sudden it comes to life. The strange thing is its only started to happen since I but some fuel in from this petrol start I have never used. Does anyone have any ideas, I was thinking of draining the fuel from it now and replacing it before I took it to the garage, what do you think? Please help Many thanks

I have the Porsche 18inch Split rims, and am hoping to get them refurbished soon by shot blasting and repainting. I just wanted to check that it is ok to split the split rims to carry this out and if I should note anything. Many thanks

Im using 265/35/ZR18 on the rears, and 225/40/ZR18 on the front. Now I am using Michelin Pilots on the front and Dunlop Sports on the back which I know you should not mix and match tyres but thats how it was when I brought it, and Im waiting for a pair to go so I can replace with the same. Looks like that Michelins are going to go first which is a shame cause I would have prefrered to change them all to michelins than dunlops.

any help on this guys as I would like to buy the paint

Yep. Your best bet is to get the passivated to a nice clear and zinc passivation, use hexavalent so that they are RoHS compliant just to be good to the enviroment.

they look alot like positronic crimp extractors, give them a go, they are a pretty reasonable price. Russ

You will probably find that normal spray paint will be fine as unless you are track day'ing your car, that region wont get excessively hot. The heat will have transfered out the cooling air before this region gets any major effect from heat transfer. best thing to prove is after one of your busiest drive, say to or from work, when you get out just have a feel of the rotor and you will notice it will not be hot, yet touch the disc itself and you will probably get a burn.

any one have any ideas??

Yeah, but the problem with paint is it chip's easy, especially when you start putting a socket to it. A plating process like passivationwill be much better.

is that the full code - 92 Do you know if you can get this s a standard paint like from Halfords. They dont sell porsche paint but do sell volkswagon which I thought might have the same colour?/ many thanks Russ

Hi All, Does any one know what the paint code is (oh the name) for the artic silver in the boxster interior. I want to buy a can from halfords many thanks Russ

Does anyone have a spare soft top locking mechanism, the bit that levers it shut. I want it for a design i am developing which I will tell you about if you have one. Let me know many thanks all Russ