Porsche Boxster Hidden Problems | Full Inspection | Project 987 Pt.3
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2024
- This time on Road & Race I give the Boxster a thorough inspection.
It's not good news.
In this video I'm going to get the car on the lift, and give it a serious inspection. Yes that means taking off the wheels, all the plastic, wheel arch linings and all the under trays.
There are a few common faults which I'm going to look out for these included - rusty brake lines, blocked water drains and oil leaks.
I'll also check to see if I have the problematic and engine killing weak IMS bearing or not.
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Can't believe you cleaned the drain plugs on your own, mate. It's a huge pain without a "SUKKENPUMPEN" 😂
Tell me about it!
Nice the vids are coming back, missed this channel. Especially the clio track car tests.
Glad you like them!
Good to see you back in a Porsche. Those coolant crossover pipes will need doing also.
That’s a easy easy job at the most 1hr to remove the subframe and do them
great to see you uploading again! Re. the transmission tunnel - I understand that the 986 and 987 were identical to their respective 911 counterparts from the doors forward so I guess that would have been for the front propshaft, as well as generally stiffening up the structure.
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Glad you liked it!
Love your new quite regular content,
Keep going and greetings from Bavaria
Thanks mate. 2 videos a week from now on.
I have a 987.2, and this video is really good, clear and straight to the point. I would add inspecting the inner faces of the discs, esp the front ones, MoT fail if bad.
As always, great vid, great voice pace, simply nice to watch, thank you for creating content again !
My pleasure! Thanks for watching mate.
Nice set of projects to do on this car. Looking forward to seeing you tackle them.
I always learn a thing or two from your channel. Thanks!
Thanks mate!
Learned so much about the car, great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your edits are phenomenal! I really like your boxer as well. I have 987.1
Really enjoy your videos....now you've got me looking at boxsters in the classifieds
Glad to hear it!
Well done on a really informative video. I have the same model & just undertaken a full strip down of the whole front end, inc new subframe, new suspension parts, front crossover pipes and total replacement of front brrake lines. I used Sealey Copper Nickel brake pipe and can recommend it. Some advise I would pass on is price any parts from the Porsche dealer first as they are cheaper. I look forward to see how you get on with replacing rear brake lines, please do a video. If you need any advise on tools I used for bending and flaring the brake pipes let me know.👍
Not sure if you mentioned it but the intakes at the front show the condensers and directly behind are the radiators. My condensers leaked and although not great, It forced me to take the bumper off and replace which revealed a lot of crud between condenser and radiator, which would not have been good long term.
Great video! Just FYI - There should be four drain points in the battery area. Two on each side. Two are near the shock towers and two are closer to the battery. Check it out!
Also check the two drainage points in the convertible top boot tray area.
The good news on your IMS bearing is that it can be replaced.
Love that the brake reservoir is the same as my Audi 80 :)
This is a very good buy, so you bought well apart from the leak and sticky buttons. More videos, love your presentation and working surroundings.
Thanks so much!
Looks super clean for its age Neil! Wish my RS was built like this underneath from the factory 😢
You and me both!
Brake lines rust out in their plastic clips. Might be worth checking the front edge of the sill behind the wheel arch liner as it invariably spreads and once underneath the rubberised coating it can do damage unnoticed.
Friends green Porsche channel does a fair bit of those brake line changes if you wanted a video to study
Thanks mate, will check it out
YES YOU DID IT LIKE YOU SAID YOU WOULD !!! i am complete
The intro is back!!!🤣
Would be nice to see some ice cleaning underneath it’d come up mint under there and would be easier to spot future leaks and that
While you're in there I would change out the engine mount too. Mine was nasty and i'll bet most older Boxters have bad motor mounts.
Great to see you back after the 986 episodes. Good content. I’m curious what the braided retaining hoop wire under the centre of the car does
Thanks mate. Yeah, I wonder what it's for?
Take a peek at the bump stops unless you were already planning on replacing the struts. They have a habit of dissolving.
Also remove the serpentine belt and check for any play on the water pump pulley - that's an annual check for me.
Looks decent underneath. RMS, IMS, clutch and flywheel look to be high priority with the amount of oil leaking. At least you have the replaceable IMS
If you're addressing the rear main seal, then yes definitely do the clutch and ims. Otherwise I would leave the ims alone. Ims failures have been blown out of proportion. I don't remember fully, but I believe you have the "easy to replace" bearing? The dual row? I do remember on some models you have to actually disassemble the engine to replace it.
Engine out brother 👍 do all the jobs with the engine out much easier to do and easy to take out on these
The drains are common to block on BMWs too.. easier just to use a pressure washer to blow them through
I can tell you from experience that any minor slip on the jacking point does in fact result in smushed break, and in my case the clutch lines.
Replacing them 'correctly' is difficult as the have to come out from where those drains are under the cowling :(
Regarding that big tunnel under the car, I wouldnt be surprised if this is because the boxster and 911 (which was offered with awd) share the same fundamental chassis architecture. Another youtuber discovered this whilst rebuilding a boxster
Good point.
The wasted channel space underneath aids in strengthening the chassis
Porsche galvanisation is fantastic. If that was a 2004 BMW you’d be able to take it home in a carrier bag.
My 2004 Z4 wasn't bad underneath (114k miles when purchased in 2016). Rear subframe was a bit crusty, but the actual structure was very tidy.
@@nialloswald9053Z4s are one of the best for rust, might be because they’re made in Spartanburg. E46s and E39s are…. Not good.
How was it getting the Boxster on your lift at the start? I struggle to get my 996 turbo on mine. You can get pucks that fit into your Porsche jacking points , gives you an extra 50mm.
I thought it was super easy. The easiset car i've ever done to be fair. The mounting points make it a doddle. Is you 996 turbo diferent to my 987?
Hi mate great video I’ve just bought literally the same car just a heads up there are 4 drain holes in the front and 4 in the rear check them all as my car has had water inside and caused the rear control module under passenger seat to go bad NIGHTMARE !!! There are diagrams of exactly where all the drain holes are online 👍👍
Thanks for the info, will hunt them down and check them
No worries
Needs a good jet wash to get rid of all that road dirt & oil you would probably see a lot more
You've been lucky, as previous owners obviously didn't use it in winter. My 2006 997.1 is like the Titanic underneath 😢
Oh dear. How bad is it? I assume the plastic ndertrays would keep a lot of the rot out?
@@RoadandRacetv they certainly hide it! The body isn't too bad, just seem sealer peeling back and surface corrosion, but anything bolt on is really bad - Brake pipes, coolant pipe joints, underbody braces, even the undertray studs feel off when undoing!
@@stevejames4230 Oh dear. Best of luck with it all!
Porsche do have a special tool for cleaning the drainage channels........it's called the 4th,5th or 6th owner!!🤣🤣🤣🤣. Mine were exactly the same!
THIS TIME !!!! 😁
Glad you liked it!
RAC do a tyre sealant pack that has NO expiry date.
It's not an aerosol so you need to remove the valve & squeeze it in.
I've got a bottle in my Golf & two in my 987.
Amazon UK are currently selling them for £7.95 each or 4 for £20.
Cool.Thanks for the tip!
I wonder if the 987 Floorpan is the same as the 997 so requires the tunnel for the 4WD cars.
Could be the reason.
Is your Boxster a 2005? I have an 06 S and I was interested in your inspection process. Thanks!
Yes, 2005 Base model
The top crossover pipe at 5.17 looks a bit crusty , that's quite an involved job
Yeah. Not looking forward to changing it to be fair but it's on the list.
Did you PX your 350Z when you bought the boxter, or are you keeping both? 😃
350Z was sold.
I suspect that floor pan is the same as the 996, so the trans tunnel would be necessary for the Carrera 4.
good point
A trombone cleaner works great for cleaning out those pesky drain plugs. I flush some water through mine after a good cleaning just to be sure..
Thanks for the tip. I've ordered one.
The brake pipes are easy enough to make yourself , although to be fair to Porsche they weren't too expensive from them
They bloody yuasa battery’s in these Porsches I had the same exact one in mine was absolute crap and I got rid for a Bosch cannot stand that brand and was dead after a year
Oil leak could be from the oil filler tube.
Thanks, will check that out
What is the internal space like compared to your old boxster?
Its the same
I don’t fit in a 986 Boxster but I do in a 987, although thay could entirely be down to steering wheel adjustment rather than overall space. My knees hit the wheel in the 986 and 996
Can you find the service manual online ? with the engine code ?
I've not been able to find it for free. You can join PPN but it's expensive.
Thanks@@RoadandRacetv
Front cross over pipes rotten and leaking .
Given what you paid for it, I don’t think that list is all that bad. It looks pretty tidy underneath in all fairness.
I would love to buy a used car from you.
Engine out strip it down do all gaskets and o rings it’s easy if you need help give me a call 👍 I have all the equipment for these
I thought the big problem with these cars was the bore scoring. Are you not going to check?
Bore score only affect engines with forged pistons like the 3.4 and 3.6 litres. The 2.7 litre has cast pistons.
I have been working on VW/Audi and Porsche over 50 years, do yourself a favour and remove those rubber water drains and file them in the garbage can. It was a product update here in Canada,
Thanks for the tip!
Not sure how much you paid for this Boxster but replacing an IMS, clutch and rear main seal are not cheap parts. If you didn’t know about this before purchase, you may have overpaid
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