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Old 12-22-2016 | 02:01 PM
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Don't be the guy who did the duct tape DIY.
Old 12-22-2016 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by kcattorney
Never heard of this issue before. Probably need to take it to your dealer. Sounds serious.

couldnt agree more, I would suggest sending oil to black stone for diagnosis.
Old 12-23-2016 | 12:11 AM
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very common issues in these cars.
i fixed it on my first Boxster when i replaced a leaking AC evaporator.
i took a lot of pictures just so i can put everything back in place.
the following weekend we had a tropical storm, so i staid at home, and created tease DIY guilds. i broke the project into three sections, so they can be used separately. if you only wish to clean it up, step 1 is enough.
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Old 12-23-2016 | 12:17 AM
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just in case someone is interested in part 2 and 3
from some reason i cannot upload another file to the previous post.
i guess the files are too large, so here is a link to my dropbox (i think you must have dropbox in order to download it)


Dash removal

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lcthesknyn...moval.pdf?dl=0

Evaporator replacement

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gja11v6yi6...ement.pdf?dl=0

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Old 12-23-2016 | 12:14 PM
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Nice write up.
Old 12-23-2016 | 01:41 PM
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Many thanks for the feedback.

To be on the safe side I will have the car flat bedded to my indy where I will instruct him to immediately change the IMS, AOS and RMS again and then begin to diagnose the problem...

The car lived in St Petersburg, FL before migrating to Houston a couple of years ago so the comment about heat and humidity make sense.

I will just deal with the black snow for now as the heater use is very infrequent.
Old 12-25-2016 | 04:20 PM
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I just bought a 2001 model in Houston and it spit foam pieces at me all the way to Atlanta.
Houston we have a (foam) problem!




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