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YOUR RESEARCHNew C4S owner with a prob HELP!
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Over-filling with oil is something that happens often.
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Hey all, been surfing this forum for ages and could do with a bit of advice.
Picked up my 02 C4S last saturday, WOW, is all I can say, after getting out of a 2.7 Boxster, I am truly in awe of this machine. Love it to pieces, well did, until 10am this morning.
Driving along with a mate, pulling up through the gears, at about 4k rpm, when I looked in the rear view mirror and to my horror, the road behind me was full of smoke. Pulled over immediately. No lights in dashboard to indicate anything wrong. Turn her over again and white smoke appears.
Fortunately I was only 5 miles from the dealer at the time, so got flat bedded back. So tomorrow AM it will go thru the diagnostic machine.
Now the 'smoke' was white (not oil), no burning, only from exhaust. I presume water must be gettign in to the system, a seal went. Anyone any experience of this kind of problem and what news I can expect tomorrow from dealer. The car has only done 4k miles and I only got 2 days and 150 miles under my belt.
Thoughts, ideas appreciated, Thanks god its still under warranty!
MJ
Over-filling with oil is something that happens often. I have had personal experience and read of many others on this and other Boxster and 993 boards. My local Porsche mechanic says it is easy to make this error and that the consequences are nill, just terror when the smoke appears. Good luck in the future.
There was a TSB on this. I had billowing white smoke on restarting at the track during a driver education event. High g forces push oil past the valves, which then burns off on restart. The fix involved a slightly longer dip stick and a reprogramming of the dash oil level indicator. This lowers the oil level by about a quart. Since the fix, no more white smoke. So it is not just overfilling. Highly spirited driving and standard oil levels can result in smoke.
Regards,
Mike
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