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Qtwo

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  1. I also have a 98 Boxster and was concerned about using water to clean the engine. It does not appear to be a good idea in general because of the obvious. We have found the common cleaner called Simple Green will do an excellent job of cleaning your engine. Simply spray it on directly out of the bottle, let it loosen the dirt for a few minutes then wipe it off with clean soft cotton cloths. You will be surprised at what a good job it does. The engine house on my car looks just like new and I have 95k miles on the car. One thing I forgot is to suggest blowing the engine down with compressed air if the engine has really picked up a lot of dirt. After the first cleaning you will probably not have to blow it down again as long as you clean it regularly with Simple Green. Good luck
  2. If you would like to try a temporary fix until you decide how to proceed, cover the tear with a piece of the clear, flexible box packaging tape. It will at least keep the tear from getting larger. I have had a piece on my back window for a year and it is still holding well. You can hardly see it. Good luck ! ****
  3. Bob, That seems a little steep to mount and balance your new tires. You might check your local Porsche Distributor to see what they would charge. I would ask whoever does it to guarantee that they will not damage the wheels with their mounting tools. If they won't, go to somebody else. Also, if you plan to drive your car at higher than posted freeway speeds, definately tell them that you need the tires balanced for 110 to 120MPH. If you have well balanced tires at these speeds you feel like you are floating on a cloud (with good road). Finally, if you don't know the wheel history, make sure they install new, good quality air filler valves. Don't forget to eyeball your brake rotors and pads. Maybe $65.00 isn't too bad. I would pay it if I didn't know anybody else. ****
  4. Qtwo

    Loren, can't drive my car, snowed in for over a month now but I do read the postings and learn from them. Your helpfulness to members in trouble is much appreciated by all. Thank you,

    **** Quantrille

  5. Chris, Go into the dealer where you order your parts and ask to look up the part with whoever is looking at the exploded view. Sometimes these pictures are hard to to figure out. Good Luck, DQ
  6. Since none of our usually good experts are on line this morning maybe we can at least get you started on your diagnosis and correction. Check the on-line instruction manual to see if your vintage car is fit with a hydraulically actuated clutch. The manual should have very explicit instructions to bleed the clutch if it is hydraulic. If hydraulic, locate the slave cylinder. Now locate the clutch fluid reservoir and make sure it is topped off. Bleed the clutch with a helper to depress the clutch pedal. It should be a simple fix if you do have a hydraulically actuated clutch. If it is an electrically actuated clutch then you will need appropriate instruction which I do not have. A word of caution, use only the specified clutch fluid if needed. If none of the above works, stay on line with RennTech because someone will have specific knowledge to help you. Good luck,
  7. So sorry to hear of your clutch problem. Hopefully the damage is contained to the clutch area and will be easy to repair. With all of the knocking noises that have taken place I would consider, if it was my car, not trying to run the car until it has been disassembled and checked for damage. I would have it put on a flat bed and delivered to the repair site. Ask a local Porsche repair expert on 986's for his advice before attempting to drive the car. Preferably the one who will do the physical work. Best of luck with the repair. qtwo
  8. To: Tool Pants I am trying to get my 98 Boxster to be able to read outside temperature. I do not have the 4th stalk going to the OBC but I do have a sensor located in the face of my cooling air duct on the passenger side. I read a posting that shows how to activate the temperature gauge which is located at the lower area of the center gauge. Just like the picture above. I have been looking for that posting for three hours during the last two days with no luck. Would you please be so kind as to help me locate this document. Thanks very much! ****
  9. how has he 'contaminated' his new fuel filter? Good question, it took me a couple years to find out. "If" there has been water contamination, it takes a while to plug up the fuel filter but it doesn't stay plugged completely. Naturally that depends on the amount of contamination. Reading the original post, I could see that the fuel filter was replaced but strange behavior soon resumed. My experience with a partially plugged fuel filter(free water) was that it really caused the car to behave strangely. eg. You could usually start the car ok but after you drove it for a while it may just quit for no reason and then not start. You could leave the car alone for a while and it would again start and even get you home OK. Everything in the electrical system checked out just fine. Wow, now what can we look for? So we looked for intermittants with components. No luck. Then, one of my mechanic friends said that I might have water in the gas problems (this includes alcohol which is mostly water and was mandated by my state to be added to gas for emission reduction)and suggested that I try to add a can of Heat to my gas and change the gas filter. It worked like a charm. The next step was to find a new gas source free from water. I did and haven't had any problems since. I responded to this request because it would be very inexpensive to try to eliminate water contamination first then go on to component replacement if that didn't work. All of the responses though looked good to me. I just like to try the easy, inexpensive things first. Sometimes they work. Hope this helps answer your questions. There is a lot more to this though and both my Saab and Boxster responded the same and are now free of these problems for the last two years.
  10. I would also suggest that you check to see when your gasoline source has checked their pump or pumps for the presence of water which can leak into their tank. The gas manufacturer could also be a culprit because they all formulate their additives at some distribution point. these formulations can be problematic at times. We have that trouble where I live and our solution is to change your supply of gas to a major brand such as Shell or Esso. Do not buy from a local, no name, food store. Change your fuel filter again because you have just contaminated your new one then add a can of HEAT (Red can, not Yellow). If water was your problem it should now be gone. Like wise with the gas formulation. I have done this successfully with my Boxster and my wifes turbo Saab. Bedst of luck, Qtwo
  11. Both my 986 and 911 use the 15" wheel. Porsche has probably selected that diameter with more spirited driving in mind but I have a friend with a 911 who fit it with a 14" Momo a few years ago and I can't tell much difference between the wheels as far as driving is concerned. If you like it go for it. Sounds like fun!
  12. Past experience with performance cars has shown me that a quick and light accelerator spring pressure will allow one to finesse the car much better during track conditions as well as normal spirited driving. Blipping the throttle quickly can be a real asset at times. My 98, 2.5L Boxster with a Tiptronic transmission has what I would call very stiff accelerator function. To me, it takes too much pressure to make the accelerator move downwards quickly. This results in sluggish performance. Granted that there is no clutching required and therefore speed matching needed but it would be advantageous in downshifting to be a little quicker when you push the throttle down to grab the next lower gear. So my question is, do we have any type of adjustability on the foot pressure required to push the accelerator down ? How about pedal return time? Thanks, ****
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