electricfish

Hello all, I am leaving the corvette world and giving Boxster a try. Picking up a new-to-me 09 base (52000 miles) this week and I have a few questions.
I do most of my maintenance so what is the best scanner for the DIY guy, I want to be able to access porsche specific codes and reset reminders etc.
PPI is being done by an independent shop, any advice as to what should be checked by me?
I can't find a shop manual for the 987.2, how useful is the bentley and the 101 projects for the 987.2.
I'm sure I will have more questions; I found the corvette forum to be invaluable and the porsche forums seem even better for DIY stuff.

Thanks, E-fish

Suicide Jockey

Welcome, E-fish and congrats on the Boxster. Would love to see some pics once you take delivery and would be curious to hear initial driving impressions as I suspect a mid-engine platform might prove to be to your liking.

I'm not a DIY'er so can't help with some of your other questions, but I would use Porsche's own CPO checklist as a starting point for a PPI and then go from there. It can be found here:

https://www.nadaguides.com/Cars/Cert...-checklist.pdf

Good luck and welcome

Marine Blue

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daylorb

Durametric is definitely the Cadillac of scanners, however a lot of us use this one:
Do a thread search on it, lot of commentary, works very well for me for resetting a number of codes, doing diagnosis, quite a bit less expensive.

MyNameIdeasWereT

+1 for the icarsoft POR-II. I've had icarsoft scanners for all my cars. While it's never as great as the higher end scan tools or factory software, it has been all I have needed as a DIYer.
Don't buy the older icarsoft unit though, as it can't reset oil change service reminders.

Welcome to the community. I'm sure you'll find the Boxster an enjoyable different driving experience than the Vette, though a lot more cumbersome to work on since it's mid engine.

Klepper

Welcome! 987.2 cars are great!

RWPinNC

The book is a great source for 986 and to some extent 987.1. It covers many common maintenance tasks with great photos and text, well worth the cost. However, I think you would find that there is now much on the internet, including from Pelican Parts that will give you what you need. A lot of tasks change across the various models and you would want to look for updated material in any case.