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Two months ago I purchased a 2000 Boxster and recently joined the Babblers Forum Friends group on Facebook. I received a message today on Facebook suggesting I register here, so here I am.

Recently I've noticed the smell of burning oil after the car has been running. There are no drips on the ground, but I did find a little oil on the driver side o2 sensor (after the cat). At first I thought it may be due to my overfilling the car with oil, but it's been two weeks since I corrected the problem and the smell is still there. My plan is to check the valve cover tomorrow morning, but any other advise would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Chris
 
Welcome aboard Chris - czier

Do you have a check engine light? CEL

Sounds like some kind of leak somewhere or too much oil. I will let some other tech's here answer this better than me.

Anyways, "Welcome Aboard" czier . Where are you located? And please mark your location on the Babblers Googlemap .
Add some pics of your car too! :):):):)
 
Welcome.

Really sounds like a leaky valve cover gasket or possibly a sparkplug tube. Both are fairly common and pretty simple fixes.
 
Welcome aboard and as is my tradition pics man, we need pics. :rolleyes:
 
Thanks all, I'm in Portland, OR. I'll get under there with my camera and take a few pics soon.

:)
 
Paralizer said:
Welcome aboard and as is my tradition pics man, we need pics. :rolleyes:
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As requested :)

ok, so my memory is shot. it was the o2 before the cats and it's much worse than the last time I was under there.

I can remove the wheel for better pics.

The last two shots are taken from the front of the rear driver's side wheel. Should there be a bolt in there?!?

Thanks much,

Chris
 

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czier said:
I can remove the wheel for better pics.
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Good pics regarding the leaky oil area of your car. Sorry about that, can be fixed though. Be patient, someone will give advice soon.

I think Paralizer means pics of your car as well. Part of the "Welcome Committee" :)
 
Get under the car and check the sparkplug coils.
I'm willing to bet that that's where your oil is coming from.
If that's the case the most likely culprit is a cracked sparkplug tube or failed O-rings from the same.
If one is failed, replace them all, because the others will fail soon.
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro
 
ppbon said:
Get under the car and check the sparkplug coils.
I'm willing to bet that that's where your oil is coming from.
If that's the case the most likely culprit is a cracked sparkplug tube or failed O-rings from the same.
If one is failed, replace them all, because the others will fail soon.
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro
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Thanks Pedro,

I pulled the wheel off to take a better look. The pics of what I found are attached. I'll be ordering the new tubes and plugs tomorrow.

On a side note, I've been looking for an old muffler to attempt my own PSE =-)

Thanks again to all that replied,

Chris
 

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Last question on the topic, I (almost) promise. I haven't been driving the car since I found the leak was getting worse (well, maybe not worse, but more oil). The oil shown in the pics was from two weeks of driving, including a round trip to Seattle (about 350 miles round-trip). Will putting 100ish miles on the car jeopardize it in any way as long as I make sure the oil level is correct? I have to drive down to Eugene this weekend and would like to do the work down there, but not if it means putting the car at risk. Time to pour some concrete or dig a pit at my house...

Edit: I don't have a good flat space to jack my car around my house, that's what I meant by pouring concrete or digging an oil pit.

Thanks yet again,

Chris
 
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Quick follow up. I went to the Porsche mechanic next door and got the parts needed. The cost ended up being $160, a little higher than if I had ordered them, but worth the convenience of walking next door to get them. I asked how much they would charge for the work and the quote was around $350.

The old tubes did not want to come out. I hit many stores looking for a tool to remove them and finally found a pair of small bolt cutters (I carried a new tube with me and tried many options) with a rubber handle that fit nicely in the tube and gave me enough of a grip to pull them out. You'd think it would be easy to find a rubber handled screwdriver that would fit, but no...

It took a little longer than I expected, though by the end I was down to about 20 minutes per cylinder. Well worth the $350 saved and no more oil leaks. Woohoo!

Thanks again for all the help,

Chris
 
Welcome to the web site and to the Porsche. I've greatly enjoyed my 2000 Boxster as well. Great cars!

(Best in Dark Blue.)
 
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