Planet-9

Side air intake vent (passenger side) - Is this normal?

Add to repair workspace

6 captured repliesPartial discussion capture · Source accounts, not a confirmed diagnosis

THIS DISCUSSION / SOURCE-DERIVED OVERVIEW

Discussion summary

YOUR RESEARCHSide air intake vent (passenger side) - Is this normal?

1 matching discussions were examined; no attributable action/outcome evidence was detected. No consensus or repair conclusion is claimed.

Source reports, not a diagnosis or a success probability. Counts refer to discussions and can overlap.

Read captured replies

Insufficient extracted evidence does not mean there is no answer in the original discussions.

1 matching discussions · 6 captured posts examined · 1 partial discussions

Coverage and how to read this overview

Counts describe captured discussions, not unique people or a diagnosis. Author identities are not reliably stored. Exact duplicate evidence is counted once across matching discussions; one discussion counts at most once per action/state. Multiple repairs reported together remain a combination. Suggestions and failed attempts do not establish a fix. Matches cover whole discussions and can include related faults, model variants and incomplete threads.

6 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.

Planet-9: 1 discussions

0 evidence records excluded for query context · 0 excluded by outcome qualification · 0 adjusted by outcome qualification.

0 acknowledgements have no verified action link; they do not establish a repair result.

Generation: 20261027T182539Z · outcome-qualification-6. Deterministic extraction; no AI model inference. How we use sources

POST 1Original post

Hey All, Hope you are enjoying a nice weekend. The other day I noticed that the passenger side air intake on my 987.1 Boxster S is kind of sticking out from the side of the car. If I look at the driver’s side, it’s fully seated into the body panel, but on the passenger side it’s protruding out. It is fully clipped into the black plastic frame (which holds it), but that assembly seems to not be property “in” the hole. I realize the passenger side is the air intake for the engine, and my car has a VFLOW air intake. I’m wondering if this mod (done by the original owner) pushes the vent out slightly? I’ve attached a couple of pictures. Any help is much appreciated!

POST 2Original post

Not normal . Did try to push it in place? It just snaps in.

POST 3Original post

FYI the driver's side (left) is for the engine intake. The passenger's side (right) is for airflow to cool the engine compartment. There's a fan behind there; maybe it has come loose and is pushing on your grill.

POST 4Original post

Thanks very much! I always get the mixed up. Both seem to emit a nice engine intake noise when you drive close to a wall (especially on the driver’s side). Grille doesn’t seem to be in danger of coming loose but it would look nicer if it was flush for sure. Thanks for the info! Not going to bother “de-snorkeling” it, although that would indeed look better.

POST 5Original post

Thanks! Yes I did. It won’t go in any further, which makes me think the mounting behind it is somehow getting pushed out. The grey grille is tight into the black plastic piece behind it. Odd that I never noticed this, but I don’t believe any work we’ve had done would ever necessitate removing the side intakes (but I could be wrong?)

POST 6Original post

Hi, appreciate this is going back 5 years but did you solve this? I have exactly the same and I'd like to correct it if it's not a pain to do. Thanks.

This is a source reference. Confirm exact model applicability in the original material.