2000 Boxster S broke down today
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Good evening everyone,
Had quite an eventful day today. Drove my friend up to Birmingham from Bristol to buy an 04 Boxster. All was going fin until on the way home on the motorway at a constant speed of 65mph as it was extremely wet, the car spluttered and seem to lose all power and the Check Emissions light started to flash. The car stopped on the first lane of the M42 as it didn't have enough power to go any further. It cut out and i tried to restart the car which it was having none of. The engine kept turning a second time and then fired up to 2000 revs and then cut out again. Had to get towed off the motorway by the highways agency and waited for the aa. Fault reader plugged in and two faults came up - misfire cylinder 1 and cylinder 3. The mechanic thought it maybe a faulty coil pack so he reset the codes, started the engine and it sounded extremely rough so it was switched straight back off. The car has now been recovered to Porsche Bristol where it will be diagnosed. The car has done 70000 miles and had all the coil-packs changed two years ago about 15,000 miles ago. It was parked up after this happened for about 5 hours and dropped no oil as far as I could see.
Just wondering if any one has ideas of what could be wrong as i am completely stressed out thinking that this could be pretty disastrous!
Cheers
Had quite an eventful day today. Drove my friend up to Birmingham from Bristol to buy an 04 Boxster. All was going fin until on the way home on the motorway at a constant speed of 65mph as it was extremely wet, the car spluttered and seem to lose all power and the Check Emissions light started to flash. The car stopped on the first lane of the M42 as it didn't have enough power to go any further. It cut out and i tried to restart the car which it was having none of. The engine kept turning a second time and then fired up to 2000 revs and then cut out again. Had to get towed off the motorway by the highways agency and waited for the aa. Fault reader plugged in and two faults came up - misfire cylinder 1 and cylinder 3. The mechanic thought it maybe a faulty coil pack so he reset the codes, started the engine and it sounded extremely rough so it was switched straight back off. The car has now been recovered to Porsche Bristol where it will be diagnosed. The car has done 70000 miles and had all the coil-packs changed two years ago about 15,000 miles ago. It was parked up after this happened for about 5 hours and dropped no oil as far as I could see.
Just wondering if any one has ideas of what could be wrong as i am completely stressed out thinking that this could be pretty disastrous!
Cheers
Just had an answer phone message to say that they have found bits of metal in the oil filter and that the next stage will be to strip down the engine if I want to go that far. I will sit on it over the weekend and then decide what i want to do, whether I fix the car and keep it, sell it as it is, or break it for parts 
Thanks everyone. I really can't describe how gutted I am after spending a small fortune on the car already this year. In two months it's had new radiators, full coolant change, back bumper repainted, new inner and outer track rods and rear boot struts.
It's my pride and joy and is far too good to scrap but then there is no way I can afford to have the engine rebuilt. The hardest part for me to take is that I didn't ever imagine sellIng it and I just can't imagine it getting scrapped and rotting away. I spend the majority of my free time cleaning it and driving it. I will be phoning Hartech at some point to discuss my options and think about my next steps over christmas.
Even though I was well aware of the issues around the engine before I bought the car it wouldn't put me off buying another although I would definitely proceed with extreme caution although it seems to be a completely random event
It's my pride and joy and is far too good to scrap but then there is no way I can afford to have the engine rebuilt. The hardest part for me to take is that I didn't ever imagine sellIng it and I just can't imagine it getting scrapped and rotting away. I spend the majority of my free time cleaning it and driving it. I will be phoning Hartech at some point to discuss my options and think about my next steps over christmas.
Even though I was well aware of the issues around the engine before I bought the car it wouldn't put me off buying another although I would definitely proceed with extreme caution although it seems to be a completely random event
Update.....copy and pasted from another forum
My Boxster practically died in December.
It was an extremely wet day and I drove from Bristol to Birmingham in my 2000 Boxster S with 70,000 miles to collect my friends new to him 2004 Boxster. On the way home I was on the M42 on a continuous throttle at 65mph and there was a massive shudder throughout the car. The check engine light started flashing and I immediately pulled over to the hard shoulder where, as the car was coming to a stop it died. I attempted to restart the car and it was very hesitant to catch and then it would start and sound really rough and then cut out again. The AA came out and plugged diagnostic equipment into the car which said there was an engine misfire on cylinders 1 and 3. The codes were cleared and I restarted the car. This time it caught first time but it sounded terrible. Really rough and lumpy and pretty much like a cement mixer. I turned the car back off and it was recovered to Porsche Bristol. They performed small checks on the car and they said they found small metal particles in the oil filter. This is as far as i let them take it as they wanted £2,000 to diagnose the fault and £9,000 for a second hand engine!!!!
I had the car recovered to my house so my dad could have a look at the car. It is worth mentioning that all of the coil packs were changed last year by Porsche.
So far the gearbox, clutch and flywheel has been removed from the car but there seems to be no damage to the IMS bearing. It is fully intact. The bearing moved when the flywheel was removed due to the tension on it but it is now back in the middle and has not slipped on any teeth or cogs etc.
I am not sure whether Porsche checked the filter properly as there was still a lot of oil within the car.
Seeing as the IMS bearing appears to be fine, I am wondering what else could have caused this? I have heard a bit about the camshaft solenoids or perhaps it could be a failed conrod. I think our next job will be to rotate the engine by hand and see if there are any unwanted noises from inside the engine but I am wondering if anyone has any other advice of what it could possibly be??
Cheers!! I want to get it fixed so it is ready for the sunshine!!!
My Boxster practically died in December.
It was an extremely wet day and I drove from Bristol to Birmingham in my 2000 Boxster S with 70,000 miles to collect my friends new to him 2004 Boxster. On the way home I was on the M42 on a continuous throttle at 65mph and there was a massive shudder throughout the car. The check engine light started flashing and I immediately pulled over to the hard shoulder where, as the car was coming to a stop it died. I attempted to restart the car and it was very hesitant to catch and then it would start and sound really rough and then cut out again. The AA came out and plugged diagnostic equipment into the car which said there was an engine misfire on cylinders 1 and 3. The codes were cleared and I restarted the car. This time it caught first time but it sounded terrible. Really rough and lumpy and pretty much like a cement mixer. I turned the car back off and it was recovered to Porsche Bristol. They performed small checks on the car and they said they found small metal particles in the oil filter. This is as far as i let them take it as they wanted £2,000 to diagnose the fault and £9,000 for a second hand engine!!!!
I had the car recovered to my house so my dad could have a look at the car. It is worth mentioning that all of the coil packs were changed last year by Porsche.
So far the gearbox, clutch and flywheel has been removed from the car but there seems to be no damage to the IMS bearing. It is fully intact. The bearing moved when the flywheel was removed due to the tension on it but it is now back in the middle and has not slipped on any teeth or cogs etc.
I am not sure whether Porsche checked the filter properly as there was still a lot of oil within the car.
Seeing as the IMS bearing appears to be fine, I am wondering what else could have caused this? I have heard a bit about the camshaft solenoids or perhaps it could be a failed conrod. I think our next job will be to rotate the engine by hand and see if there are any unwanted noises from inside the engine but I am wondering if anyone has any other advice of what it could possibly be??
Cheers!! I want to get it fixed so it is ready for the sunshine!!!
Edited by giltranator on Wednesday 27th March 01:20
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