Gage

Is the factory service (workshop) manual for 986's available online or for purchase on CD?

mikefocke

There is no factory distributed manual available with all the updates inserted unless you are fortunate enough to find someone selling the original 986 manuals (bookshelf full) they have kept up to date. That was only available for the very early years of the Boxster.

There is a Bentley manual that is a good starting point. There are online videos that folks have made of specific procedures. And there is an illegal CD often seen that is badly out of date and doesn't include later model years like the 2.7/3.2 era..

stl_986

Against forum rules to post, but it can be found online, google is your friend here.

Gage

Thank you both, I have the Bentley manual but it surprisingly has no engine (internals) information.
I'll check out the dark web.

Byprodriver

The factory manuals don't have much more, Porsche never wanted Dealer techs to do much internal engine work.

mikefocke

During the model years covered by the paper manuals, the only way to get a engine with broken internals fixed was for the dealer to remove the engine and send it back to the factory who would swap it for either a new or rebuilt engine and then see about fixing the broken one for the next guy.

Gage

Fascinating! It really was the beginning of a new era.