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Glad to hear all is well! 

As I suspected, had a similar problem with mine but I just put cardboard underneath it to catch any drips, eventually it stopped and it's never had a problem since. .

Enjoy your car mate! 

27 minutes ago, MarkyRR said:

I’m visiting Paul (Trooper88) at his workshop tomorrow morning after his kind offer, so hopefully up on a lift we’ll have a better idea 🤞

Keep us posted! I hope its nothing serious! 🙂

Any update on what the mysterious leak was? 

If it is the RMS, it may stop dripping after driving your car. I remember I bought mine around 5-6 years ago, and it wasn't driven much, had a service at revolution and it dropped a few blobs in my garage, I put some cardboard underneath it to monitor it. A few weeks later, as it was daily driven, noticed there was no new oil drops on the cardboard so threw it away... 6 years later... No issues to report!

So maybe you just need to drive it and "it will sort itself out"?

Just now, BBB said:

Misfires on one complete side of the engine will certainly affect the emissions as not all the fuel is being burnt correctly.

misfires on one side of the engine... it could be the variocam solenoid? I had that issue on mine... expensive fix 😕 

4 minutes ago, Menoporsche said:

4k for a 2.5 unseen is not that bad IMHO, I'd expect a derisory offer as they had above.

yeah I was quite surprised myself! It has had all the work done on it, but from my research they don't really test drive the cars, just make sure it moves and stops? 

Then proceed to take off 3.5K for random stuff on a 24 year old car   

WBAC offered me 4K for my Boxster... I wouldn't trade it in for that amount, but seems higher than £50...

2 hours ago, Chukkieegg said:

You misunderstood they took the car for a blast and the hotter the exhaust was the higher the emissions got

I see! Apologies. 

Also - how hot was your car? I mean when I did mine the fans were cutting in and out. So it was really hot. Just curious as to why the garage would say it wouldn't make a difference if it's hot? Or have I misunderstood ? 

Do you have error codes for oxygen sensors? 

Generally the idea is to get the cats RED RED hot, and then it should be fine to pass emmissions. 

I had my MOT last week, got the car really warm and passed with no problems at all. 

Other things to check for are exhaust leaks. A leak will put you out of spec. 

32 minutes ago, K.I.T.T. said:

Almost all OE parts on D911 can be had cheaper from OPC.

Find their comms poor, and have heard multiple reports of them sending out wrong stuff.

I really don't know how D911 actually stay afloat with their ridiculous prices and poor customer service! Have used them twice in my Porsche ownership. First was a fuel pump for my 924 - a week later the car broke down, yep you guess it - faulty fuel pump. 

Second time was order some service items for the boxster, said would take a week, cancelled it and never used them again. 

3 minutes ago, allatsea said:

My 986S cost me £2700 (2016), then the first bill was over £4700, the PPI report (6 weeks after I'd already brought it...) on the C4 is suggesting a bill quite a bit north of that, but that's having 'everything' they mention done, which clearly all won't need doing at the first pass. Suspension refresh will be the most expensive and of course will give the most obvious benefit a lot of the rest will be 'discretionary spend'.  But I went in with my eyes open and wanted a car that I'd had refreshed and I knew exactly what and when it had been done.

I've just been across to the VW website. A new Golf starts at £23,860 (in my mind this figure was going to be £15K!!).  If I can get my C4 finished for less than that, it's a bargain and I get to drive around in a 996. And, with a fair wind and following seas, it'll be many thousands cheaper than that. 

 

When I bought my Boxster, it needed a suspension refresh, something I was aware of, but being decent with a set of tools meant I saved a lot of money DIYing a lot of jobs. 

I feel buying an older car is always a risk, and hopefully one that pays off! At the end of the day, would you rather be driving a Golf or a 911? That pretty much always answers it for me.

18 minutes ago, RedBarediver said:

996 next summer maybe

Depends on your budget - I felt that 996 prices will be near out of reach by next year, right now on there aren't many or any decent ones for under 13K - and a lot of them do have high mileage (not always a bad thing of course!) I remember a few years ago, you could pick a nice one up for 10K easily, and a maybe decent one for under that. As the days seem to be passing by, they are just going up in value and close to the bottom end of the 997 market. 

I was going to sell the Boxster, but not really the time to be selling. It flew through its MOT last week, so I've just decided to keep both for now. My philosophy is YOLO + they want to get rid of anything with a combustion engine asap so might as well enjoy it whilst I can!

Seems to be a bit of a theme here. 

986 Boxster into a 911 996 C2, but don't really have the heart to sell the 986 Boxster. It even flew through its MOT yesterday for me! 

So just ended up keeping them both for now at least - and both are very enjoyable to drive in their own unique ways really. 

1 hour ago, K.I.T.T. said:

As @map has said, you need to look into this a little further. The noise could be something that doesn't warrant attention. If it does require attention, it could be something that isn't anywhere near intensive as a rebuild. You should get an opinion from a trustworthy professional who is familiar with the M96 engine. Whether it required a rebuild / replacement engine at this stage is hypothetical.

Regarding the rebuild / replace engine / break car / etc - my 2p as somebody who's dealt with terminal engine failure. There is no right answer - there are too many variables with both the car, and the owner.

My learned friend whose car has had more engines than clutches will correct me, but if you take the engine apart, you're at (a minimum) £2k in parts just to put it back together, as is. This figure is a constant, and covers things like gaskets, seals, bolts, etc. This excludes labour, and replacing anything that has actually broken / is worn out. Without actually knowing what's broken, it's possible to go down the rabbit hole.

The ballpark figure I had for a "basic" rebuild to include chains / guides / bearing was £4k. Suspect that figure would have been easily doubled if I'd gone down the rebuild route, to fix what was actually wrong with it.

A good friend managed to source me an engine with 24k miles for just under £4k, which is the route I went down. Parts and labour all in, came to just under £5k. This included fluids, filters, plugs, and preventative maintenance such as AOS and water pump - all / most of which would be on top of any quote received for a rebuilt engine. I was lucky procuring my replacement engine at that price. I certainly wouldn't advocate buying an unknown engine with six figure miles at £3k.

The £5k, added to the £2.5k I was offered for the car as a non-runner would have given me a pot of £7.5k for a different car - this wouldn't have got me a car I'd be happy with without spending even more money on it. If the car was otherwise a dog, with a knackered interior / exterior, and feked suspension, I'd have bought another one. Your own car may be at either end of the spectrum, or somewhere in between.

 

TLDR:
You first need to determine what's up with your own car. If it does need a rebuild (and it may not), you're doing well if you manage this for under £6k. Then you need to ask yourself whether it's worth (to you - not random people on the internet) fixing the car, and if so, could it be more cost effective getting a replacement engine.

I may have missed something recently... did your yellow boxster need a new engine recently? 

Judging by his facebook account and several posts in groups... he is totally fine.

I've had my car (2.5 986 Boxster) for over 5 years now but one thing that has always bugged me is the poor stock headlight bulbs! As the days seem to be getting shorter and night driving will become more frequent, I wanted to make sure this year I can see at night 🙂 

What have others used to improve visibility when driving at night? Saw this video Porsche Boxster 986 Super bright headlight upgrade . Auxbeam F-16 LED - YouTube and they seem good and bright, but not sure if they will burn the headlights? They are available on eBay for under £30 AUXBEAM Car 72W 8000LM H7 LED Conversion Headlight KIT 6500K Bulbs Xenon White | eBay.

Any suggestions much appreciated! 

Or you just need a friendly MOT tester.

I've had some problems with mine, one of them seemed to die on me, the other one was interesting - twice the brake lights have been constantly on, once during the MOT - got it home, and fixed it and second time this happened a few weeks ago, I just played around with it in the garage and its working OK now. 

Got the part from ECP if that means anything lol.

At seeing  this thread pop up yesterday, I never imagined coming back with these comments 😂

Some smoke is normal on start up. 

A failed AOS will result in a nice cloud of white smoke - theres a few videos on youtube to demonstrate. 

55 minutes ago, TROOPER88 said:

My breaker spoke to the seller 

And here I was waiting for some special inside information but it's as simple as speaking to someone... Who would have known 😂😂

My insurance is up in June but I was curious as to what it would be. 31, 6 years NCB 5k miles a year and £199! 

Not too bad considering all things! And it's my main car. 

Interior looks too worn for 5K miles - mine has around 80K miles and the driver seat isn't that bad, especially the bolsters. 

Also, with 5K miles - there would be the worry about the IMS - someone on youtube purchased a 2.7 Boxster with 20k odd miles and when he took it to Porsche for a clutch I think it was they said that he was lucky he got there in time to save the IMS and car.

EDIT: going through the pictures, there is a lot of wear on the interior controls and small scratches which suggest it's either not a 5k mile car OR has been very abused in its life.

21 minutes ago, kevs said:

I used Strasse Porsche in Leeds to inspect a 996 recently.  It was £150 plus VAT.  Worth its weight in gold as although described as being in superb condition, the car had a LOT of issues including a ticking/knocking engine, badly leaking coolant tank, lots of suspension issues etc etc.

A bit odd to say it's superb but then has a lot of issues including ticking/knocking engine noises 😂