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You know I was thinking how can you get the coil out with the mufflers on, but I have not seen one tutorial saying you need to remove the exhaust to get the coils out.

did you check the blower motor? I have seen the bushing make noise not all of them have real bearings and if the drag gets bad it will start to blow fuses.

My friend with the 99 996 told me a few days ago he saw the same puff of smoke after he had the car parked for a week or so. I guess it a normal feature as JFP put it.

I have the same light after I get on the highway and the wing comes up. After a few starts the light turns off until I get on the highway and hit over 74 again.

Wow that looks awesome.

as Creekman said cooling is relative thing. It depends how hot the air was before you tried to cool it and the air flow over the condensers. Does you have the windows tinted? Does it get colder when the sun is going down? I would try a thermometer and see whats the internal temperature is and see whats the temperature is coming out the vents.

I did mine today and it looks great. After the 15 min the mirror sticker wiped right off and I used a little more alcohol to wipe it clean, on the other side as they said it came off like an old balloon but it did come off easy I do have a little ghost image of the old sticker but I think with some Armor all it should blend in nicely. It looks great with some Armor All on it the ghost image of the sticker is gone. One more thing instead of removing the mirror I put a Publix bag between the mirror and the cover.

Inflation I guess.

Thanks. I was thinking (hoping) that was it. I once read on here that if I see smoke driving on the highway to check the AOS. That's funny "feature", Microsoft used to call some of the issues we found a "undocumented feature" that's funny. thank you very much for the feed back.

Oh really, well thats good to know that really scared me. if I drive it every day it should not happen everytime I start it right? I really enjoy the car. I need to spend a few $1000 to get it 100% it's such a blast to drive.

I noticed last night when I first start the car I think after it's been sitting for a few days I get a puff of smoke. I have not noticed it while I drive just at start up. as you can guess it has me a little worried. What do you think it could be? Thanks

Thats what I read but I dont think its true I think you can remove the shaft with the engine in the car you just to remove the whole back of the motor to get to it. I will be doing this soon.

I can’t say much but like you I just got into Porsches. I was looking for something fun and different to work on so I bought a 2000 996 hardtop for a little under $20000 with 61000 miles on it. So far this is what I have seen it’s a car that needs to be taken of and has problems. But most can be fixed and the big problems avoided. I’m not going to say they are as reliable as a Toyota or Honda so far I have not seen anything that will lead me to believe this. I have owned my car now for a month and so and so far this is what has broken since I bought mine. Driver’s side window regulator, and water pump, and the driver’s side window regulator is making noise so it will go soon. I’m not sure if they are the original parts or they have been replaced before but if I can get 60000 miles without another window regulator, or water pump going bad I guess I can live with that. I bought a new IMS bearing kit that I was told will fix the problem for good and I have a new RMS to go in soon. I will tell you parts are not cheap and I have read to always buy OEM parts I’m ok with that’s as long as they last. Good luck and enjoy your new distraction.

Thank you I will do that.

great. I was thinking while I had it out I would just replace it. I have not really heard of this happening very often but for $25 so why not. Any other little things you think I should address?

I'm going to be working on my 996 in a few weeks and Im thinking on putting in the LN Engineering Chromoly Upgrade oil pump shaft while I have the oil pump out. What do you think?

Thanks for the link.

You can do that, provided you either have, or can fabricate the tool required to take the thermostat out of the housing. To do a clean install on the third radiator, you will also need to fab up some adaptors as the "S" cars have different diameter hoses and lines in the front of the car. There is also a really neat work around for this, a company called Precision Chassis Works makes modified front hard lines that have he hose size adaptor already welded in: They sell these lines complete,or will do yours. They also sell a kit for those with aluminum welding skills. You can read more here: http://www.precisionchassisworks.com/boxster-cooling-line-modification.html Thanks for the info but Is there a benefit to using the LN water neck? Is the OEM prone to crack? I thought when you bought the radiator kit it came with the new hoses. http://www.suncoastparts.com/product/996thirdradia.html?Category_Code=996WaterCooling The LN housing is much like the factory, but with subtle refinements. Nice unit, but if you are on a budget, you can use the factory piece, and they are not prone to cracking. The 3rd radiator kit does come with hoses, but they are larger in inside diameter than the ones on your car. The cars that came factory with the 3rd radiator have larger diameter hoses and aluminum hard lines; the hoses that come with the kit will not seal to your hard lines due to the size difference and they will leak, which is way Precision came up with this fix. And they are replacement hard lines, not hoses. Thank you very much for the information I guess I have something else to do. :-) I'm so glad I joined this group.

You can do that, provided you either have, or can fabricate the tool required to take the thermostat out of the housing. To do a clean install on the third radiator, you will also need to fab up some adaptors as the "S" cars have different diameter hoses and lines in the front of the car. There is also a really neat work around for this, a company called Precision Chassis Works makes modified front hard lines that have he hose size adaptor already welded in: They sell these lines complete,or will do yours. They also sell a kit for those with aluminum welding skills. You can read more here: http://www.precisionchassisworks.com/boxster-cooling-line-modification.html Thanks for the info but Is there a benefit to using the LN water neck? Is the OEM prone to crack? I thought when you bought the radiator kit it came with the new hoses. http://www.suncoastparts.com/product/996thirdradia.html?Category_Code=996WaterCooling

I know this is a old post but why do I need to use the LN Engineering housing can I not just buy the thermostat and install it in the original housing? I would like to get mine running a little cooler, I'm also getting the 3rd radiator kit.

What speaker did you end up installing? I love the car but I don't like the sound at all when I crank up the sound the bass sounds really bad. I have the bass now at 0 it I move it up I can't listen to the radio. I think the problem is the door speakers.

Wow that stinks.

what kind of oil should he run? seriously, though, the Porsche forums - this one in particular - are amazing. my girl has a Mercedes SL500, and I go to their forums asking something that should be easy to find - the torque specs for the oil drain plug, and the most helpful response I got was "if your mechanic doesn't know that, you should get a new mechanic." :huh: I know what you mean, I was thinking of getting a ML but I found the Benz groups were not as helpful as you guys. So here I am.

That's a good idea I have a leaf blower.

OMG I'm not sure what I was asking about now. I have this crazy thing for blonds. WOW! :thankyou: