2001 Boxster massive oil leak/misfires

jcainman2010 · 05-02-2017, 07:06 AM

We have a 2001 Boxster 2.7. About 2 weeks ago, the car fell on its face. Showing multiple random misfires in all cylinders. Coil packs and plugs later, sucked the gas out and refilled with 10gal of good gas, and a bottle of heat. No change. MAF looks good, cleaned with MAF cleaner. Pull the MAF connection, engine changes. MAF good in my opinion. Still, however, all cylinders misfiring, car sputtering, etc. Decided, still bad fuel in bottom of tank, so we thought we we would drive it a bit and try to clear the lines....car dropped half of its oil in less than half a mile....oil in the front of the engine compartment, puddle, behind the front seats. Oil running off the bottom of car. Any help with the two or ideas would be greatly appreciated. This is my 5th Porsche so I have been reading these forums for a long time, you guys are great! I'm lost on this one though....thanks guys.

JFP in PA · 05-02-2017, 07:10 AM

You need to get the car up in the air and locate the exact source of the leak. Any suggestions at this point would simply be a guess...............

cbonilla · 05-03-2017, 09:23 AM

I agree with JFP in PA, but I will note that the one and only time my 2003 986S poured a ton of oil out was when the IMS bearing let go. You say the car was sputtering -- did you hear a metal on metal sound? In my case that was the valves meeting they pistons. Get it up on a lift, but after putting it on a flatbed.

jcainman2010 · 05-03-2017, 06:36 PM

Yea, thanks guys! I will get it up this weekend. Look for the leak. I did have a strange issue with one of the plugs. It looked like something had smashed it, around the electrode. My fear is the engine has gone. 150k.....I would have thought if IMS, would have gone before now. Haven't discounted this. The oil in the front, under the belts literally had to be mopped up from inside the car. A lot going on here with it....I'll jack it up, remove all the covers, and see if I can find it. May be time replace the engine. Some on ebay with low mileage.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

Sounds bad pretty bad, if it leaks that fast, you should be able to see pretty obvious damage