What Issues Does This 17 Year Old Porsche Boxster 986 Have?

[@thatilldo8711]

Think it would be good for you to get a nice set of pry bars for checking suspension bushes and stuff. Also don’t for get to give each wheel a good wobble to check for play in ball joints, bushes and bearings. Garage look amazing 👍

[@davyboy888]

If it were mine, I'd drop the engine and gearbox, do the IMS bearing and replace the rear seal. It's possibly worth going for one of the retrofit systems that allow the IMS to get better lubrication as well.

[@jwb4bb]

Swap in a manual while you're at it.

[@OfficialYeat]

@@jwb4bb why are you americans obsessed with manuals lol

[@arricammarques1955]

@@OfficialYeat Porsche is german for $ucker!

[@OfficialYeat]

@@arricammarques1955 smerica is short for hospital bills 📈

[@arricammarques1955]

@@OfficialYeat The United States a plutocracy.

[@michaelschnittker7388]

I spotted one problem right away - factory installed the steering wheel on the wrong side!

[@kevinisaac9139]

I had mine checked they found it Had a twin roller bearing fitted well pleased but they changed the crank seal while the gear box was out 👍

[@steffydog]

17 years and 60k, I doubt IMS will strike now tbh. Good stuff guys.

[@skithewhitestuff]

True, the IMS issue is so overblown, just 8% of the cars have suffered this problem. Of course not nice if you are one of that number.

[@JimBob_1975]

Shine your phone torch into the coolant reservoir and you can then see the level on the gauge

[@TheKaf22]

A few friendly tips: Lovely to see a Boxster back! But I wouldn't worry about the IMS bearing too much but as you say if you're taking the gearbox out at some point it's worth replacing (but check previous records if it has already been changed) The audio/echo levels when you talk inside your garage are really horrible, any way of improving the sound with absorbing panels or simply talk to the camera elsewhere? I can't believe someone would track a car without first being underneath it to have a look or am I just being overly safe!?

[@jonsmith8582]

It's always worth checking the brake pipes for corrosion on cars of this age , my 2001 Boxster had them all renewed , also check the drain holes for blockages now that the wet weather is here , bet you're wishing you had that garage years ago !

[@RoadandRacetv]

Thanks for the tips mate.

[@mypitTip]

I had a slow leak from my main seal, and I poured a bottle of ATP AT-205 Re-Seal in the oil fill. It rejuvenated the seals and leak stopped! This could buy him some time until he can do the main seal replacement service.

[@RoadandRacetv]

Top tip Ken!

[@skithewhitestuff]

Great piece of advice. I’ll bear that in mind if I ever see mine leaking

[@paultaylor9652]

Lovely Jubbly, down to earth straight talking.

[@leedaymond2145]

Good to see the channel progressing, would be nice to find out about who you have on, as an intro, and a little audio treatment in post production, or maybe a spot in the garage that has a little acoustic treatment for presenting sections to get echo down. Just a helpful suggestion hopefully, great content.

[@RoadandRacetv]

Thanks Lee. Yes the garage is very reflective so even with mics it’s is echoey. Will look into some sound dampening.

[@matthewcorps3626]

Having watched your channel for several years it’s fantastic to see the progress and all the developments with your new garage are really great to see. I found this new type of feature very enjoyable & interesting! Thank you and keep up the brilliant work 👍

[@RoadandRacetv]

Big thanks Matt. Much appreciated.

[@richardjones7386]

Possibly 17 year old flexible brake lines and track days! Known oil leak! I would always fix these things before they become bigger issues.

[@rhiantaylor3446]

Must admit I looked at buying a boxster from this era a wile back and had planned a gentle drive directly to a specialist to get the risky intermediate shaft bearing (and clutch and main seal) changed straight away. Having said that, if a standard bearing has lasted >60k miles, I see little point paying out for some of the exotic replacement bearing options.

[@mrradman2986]

I think the opposite. I recently had the IMS bearing changed for the EPS needle roller bearing upgrade on my 2004 3.2S. The car is low miles and I hadn't spent much on it anyway. The last thing you want to be thinking about when driving the car as intended is whether any slight noises as you get near the limiter are the bearing about to disintegrate on you. Having had mine done it is great just to enjoy driving the car without thinking about it.

[@mantaskizeliauskas9567]

@@mrradman2986 how much was the repair? Thank you

[@mrradman2986]

@@mantaskizeliauskas9567 It was £1200 all in at an independent Porsche specialist with experience of fitting several EPS IMS bearing upgrades.

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

I misunderstood the title and i thought it said the guy in the thumbnail was 17 and had a Porsche boxster. I thought you were going to be diagnosing and troubleshooting your neighbours angsty teenage sons car and expected it to be a bit of a wreck, then you introduced Paul and i was confused for a moment then it finally made sense. Paul isnt 17, but the Porsche is.

[@kevintaylor361]

I have a 1999 Porsche Boxster with heavy white smoke coming out the back and under the car through the right back tire. Any ideas what the issues could be?

[@march3769]

Air conditioner foam Water Pump Horn Button Radio Amplifier Mine is 21 years old. All fixes (except water pump) are simple. Plenty of videos on KZbin! Change oil regularly with good quality oil. Don't let the car sit. Drive the crap out of it! No IMS problems here!

[@johnkirkpatrick8386]

The 986.2’s have redesigned spark plug seals that are built in the head and do not have issues like the .1’s.

[@RoadandRacetv]

Thanks for the heads up!

[@arricammarques1955]

RMS, IMS bearing & clutch replacement. Worth the investment and piece of mind.

[@julesbaby47]

What a nice couple of blokes, top real world info. Thanks

[@stephenoverstreet9898]

Gosh I missed you mate! How have I missed the last couple of years worth of content??? Well, I’m glad to see you’re still producing excellent videos!

[@Baerchenization]

If it is anything like other Porsches, diff will not be 90K, it will be 90K OR e.g. 12 years. So if this has not been done in 17 years, it is high time. Even then it is awful long and that dates back to a time when manufacturers tried to get away with the "lifetime" gearbox etc fillings, so either way, that juice needs to get out. I don't know much about the Tiptronic, but at least with the PDK, it has two circuits, one for the actual gearbox section and one for the rest of the shifting hardware, for which the interval is half that of the gearbox. Many people are not aware of that, this may be true for the Tiptronic as well.

[@CarFocused]

I just want to start line dancing when I hear this music!😂 Good to see the garage being put to good use though, nice vid!

[@FastTrack-1]

I wouldnt mess about, classic sympton of IBS bearing. Id get it done ASAP

[@johnnickson1455]

The “expert” says @6:27 “as its an automatic, next time you get the clutch plate changed do the rms & IMS at the same time”Does he not understand that an automatic, tiptronic doesn’t have a clutch plate to change?

[@RoadandRacetv]

Think you need to watch the video again

[@johnnickson1455]

Apologies, with my listening ears on, you’re entirely correct

[@Aardvark49]

I could be wrong but believe RMS change on this Tiptronic car would be engine-out service owing to weight of the transmission.

[@RoadandRacetv]

Thanks for the tip mate. Will look into it.

[@panthers865]

Ayyyeee! This was my suggestion. Bring the nostalgia back, baby!

[@schluesselbundrd]

Oooohhh this can only be a great video... I can say that just by the thumbnail and I know I won't be disappointed. You and Porsche Boxster... perfect Keep going and greetings from Bavaria, stay healthy

[@RoadandRacetv]

Big thanks!

[@MrOmgfreak]

put it this way mate if i had a choice to get a 1999 boxster with the fried egg lights with high miles or the 2003 with low miles id take the high mileage car all day long!! cause all the recalls have been done and things that did go wrong were replaced. u just becarfull over there with that single row bearing ill stick with my fried egg headlight with the dual row. and u would assume that it is the RMS however when that single row ims is going bad it vibrates behind the flange upseting the seal causing it to leak as well when ever u see oil its either 5 things!! rms spark plug tubes oil pan gasket oil seperater hose or ims always assume its the ims!! even if its not and change it. any of the other stuff wont blow your engine up. my 2000 boxster 2.7 dual row ..lol was leaking oil i had it checked... spark plug tubes and oil pan gasket thank god.

[@Maxim986]

Only 2.5L have dual row!

[@MrOmgfreak]

@@Maxim986 Not true 2.7 have dual row from 2000 to 2002

[@Jollish]

At the dealership, the coolant never get chanced.. Doesn't appear in the maintenance schedule.

[@kimmcaleer5652]

Enjoyed your video and the check up! Thanks,

[@IAmEd]

Just bought a E61 LCI 530d and loving it so far! With Carly do you need to buy the adaptor and then the subscription on top for the app or do you get that with the cost of the adaptor?

[@RoadandRacetv]

You need both the adaptor then a subscription for the make of car. I’ve got a 15% off code for the next week or so if that helps.

[@brightenupcc]

The first tiptronic owner that isn't embarrassed by it. I would be!

[@512TXSDIY]

How awkward to tell your friend that ... “There is problem a, b, and c with your car”. Good thing they checked it though. That leak looks bad.

[@weejim48]

I drive a 2004 Boxster s . It’s a great car to drive but a pain in the arse when things go wrong. I have owned the car for 6 years looked after this car like a baby. It has 82,000 miles on it and a full service history. But the electronics are absolute shite. If I can afford it I will be having the new Lotus Emira. 🇬🇧👍

[@paulwright9656]

You say that the Carly didn't pick up on any faults...........it missed that interior?

[@naeemadam6785]

Bring the old music back

[@andrewf7822]

Great vid. Look forward to you sorting out the oil leak.

[@Freedom010967]

Did I really just see at 4.30 an average fuel consumption figure for your M3 e92 of just 10mpg? 😱

[@RoadandRacetv]

Yep. V8 likes to drink.

[@Freedom010967]

@@RoadandRacetv - Thanks, think I'll keep my M3 e46 a bit longer 🙂 currently getting 24.4mpg & I rag it all the time.

[@camaraderie6]

If you’re doing the track days no wonder your seal leaks the oil. Putting a lot of pressure on those parts trashing this car on circuit buddy

[@kriskalpa]

tip, who is the other guy, a mechanic? owner? etc. There is no intro to explain the video.

[@deanlutgert8292]

That one has the fried egg headlights whats he talking about he just doesn't have the yellow blinkys

[@achristian7015]

You have a 2-post lift and you cannot stand upright under it. It is why "consumer" lifts are so useless compared to a "commercial" lift.

[@RoadandRacetv]

It goes higher.

[@wrongmark]

I did wonder why you were doing the limbo under there. Is the roof high enough?

[@therushden]

I think Clarke need to send you a transmission Jack, naturally you'll give them a shout out. 😄

[@jmarkr100]

Back when you could actually check your oil in a Porsche!

[@zuffwerks9929]

You can check it digitally for a more accurate reading.

[@Baerchenization]

@@zuffwerks9929 What does that even mean :) You cannot check oil "digitally", there are no digits in oil. The oil level gets displayed via a digital display, it gets measured via ultrasound and you need to know a few things about what is actually going on inside your oil pan to make sense of the readings.

[@zuffwerks9929]

@@Baerchenization they do not have ultrasound capabilities :( We just tried it and my wife burned herself on the cats!

[@MyBlueZed]

You only have a 2.7 ... an automatic ... and you think it’s good because it doesn’t have the fried egg headlights? 🤣🤣

[@volt101x]

It's not the time to be cheap get them seals replaced now

[@richardcurtis6851]

Lovely interior colour

[@g9icy]

Word of warning: BMW are beginning to crack down on coding. Don't risk it if your car is still under warranty.

[@germancarfan360]

????

[@g9icy]

@@germancarfan360 If they detect you've done any coding (and they can) they will void your electronics warranty on a new BMW, and you could have your finance cancelled if it's on a PCP deal. There's been a few cases reported on BMW forums. Personally I wouldn't risk it.

[@germancarfan360]

@@g9icy Always lots of scare mongering on forums, always a " my uncles Aunties friend story...." Mapping yes to a point.... but coding highly doubt it.... at the wnd of the day, you could pay a garage to code your car, for a service, same as any other company working on your brakes, servicing etc.... they cant cancel a warranty for that, so I doubt very much they could legally have a leg to stand on for coding, let alone try it.....plus....what really are you going to code on a newer bmw?? coding is crap in all honesty.

[@g9icy]

@@germancarfan360 Turning "active sound" off would be my main thing. But this has happened... it's not widespread yet, and I don't think BMW dealers are checking for it unless they have a reason to fuck you over. The examples I've seen so far have been to do with the dealer trying to get out of a warranty repair and using the fact that the car has had coding as an excuse, then charging the owner several hundred pounds for a system software "reset" to keep the warranty. To be fair the G series BMW's seem to have a lot more options now than the F's, so less reason to do coding, but it's worth point it out regardless. It is, after all, in their small print that such modifications void the electronics warranty. (not the mechanical warranty)

[@wrongmark]

I coded stop start to off on an approved used F30 with a years BMW warranty. It had about 6 visits for warranty claims in the first year. No mentions of coding or issues. I noticed on my E90 that went in for a recall that they reset my coding options. Had to do them again. No mention of it though.

[@EppingForest304]

It wasn't a very good inspection in my opinion... I was hoping for a thorough MOT type inspection. I appreciate you're a amateur mechanic

[@wrongmark]

Garage looks great.

[@robertking7584]

Porsche coolant claims to be lifetime so your 3 to 5 years is bollocks at best.

[@RoadandRacetv]

Lifetime of the warranty not car.

[@golffish7599]

No such thing as "lifetime coolant, gearbox oils etc Porsche or otherwise.

[@marksmith3469]

I bet you spend most of your spear time in your garage lol

[@stevehoward3981]

The ims is not cheao lol

[@richfixescars]

Your friend seemed surprisingly calm to find his rear main seal leaking...big bill

[@jasonfitzpatrick4061]

The owner bless him hasn’t got any idea of maintenance and how to change anything

[@toringedale3478]

Finally👍👍😊😊

[@1990themule]

2.7 Boxster 🤢🤢

[@AB0BA_69]

Please no more of your friend or many guests. He seems like a nice bloke, but I come here to listen to you talk about cars, not listen to you try to make friendly banter with your mate or play “car repair specialist” with him. Also the acoustics in this video were absolute garbage. Either make sure both of you are mic’d up or record voice over after the fact. I had to stop listening half way because of the echo.

[@germancarfan360]

You always get one!!!

[@MonteiroM]

ewwwww, triptronic ....