Boxster Oil Leak

Posted on February 15, 2011 by porschedoc

Last week when I changed the oil in this boxster, I noticed an oil leak on the passenger side. Typically that is due to the oil fill tube being cracked and leaking. After further investigation, I confirmed the tube was beat up a bit, so I ordered a new one and finally got a chance to tackle it today. Since the oil fill port on the boxster is in the rear trunk, the oil must pass through a tube to the engine on the other side of the firewall. This flimsy little tube that was designed tends to crack and leak. Luckily, it is cheap to replace.

Patient ready for work.

The oil fill tube being replaced.

To get to the engine compartment, open the top partially, disconnect the top and flip it forward.

Remove the carpet and bose speakers

And the engine lid.

The tube we are replacing.

One end connects to the engine, the other end to the firewall.

The old tube out of the car. Notice the one end was crushed in, allowing the leak. Not sure why, as this is the first one I have ever seen actually deformed like that before.

And the new part installed and ready to go.

About porschedoc

The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it. Ok, for those that can't figure it out, that is actually not my profile, but that of Dr. Evil's profile from Austin Powers. Though chestnuts are indeed lazy, you can't argue with that.
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