Non e-gas throttle cable adjustment??

[AndrewMcD]

Hi folks,

Does anybody know how you adjust the throttle cable on a 986 non e-gas boxster? There is quite a lot of slack in mine, but was surprised to not see an adjuster on the throttle body.

Thanks, Andrew.

[Wayne 962]

The adjuster is on the bottomside of the car. I have a photo of this in my engine drop article found here: Pelican Technical Article: Boxster Engine Drop / Removal - 986 / 987

On the 1999 and earlier cars, the throttle was controlled by an actual cable. Remove the outer cover by releasing the tabs (purple arrow) and rotating the cover downwards. Then release the throttle cable that is connected to the main body of the car (green arrow). Finally, remove the two nuts that hold the cover to the chassis (yellow arrow) and disconnect the housing from the body. The housing remains with the engine when you lower it.

-Wayne

[AndrewMcD]

Hi Wayne, thank you for the response, i'd hunted my 101 to see if you'd already covered it. Do you happen to know how is the actually adjustment done?

Thanks, Andrew.

[519kris]

This isn’t so much for AndrewMcD who was left hanging 11 years ago, but for others who hit the end of google trying to find an answer to this. Cut off from the photo at the top is a twistable knob. Simply turn the knob to the right, the cams re-adjust themselves automatically, then twist the knob back to the left. The arrows in the image do not point to anything necessary to do this, and the cover does not need to be removed (but you can see any slack get tightened if you do!).