redstack

I'm in the market for a Boxster, yesterday I was talking to a fellow who told me he had taken his in to the dealer for, oil change, plugs and air filter, cost $1K. The car had 78K mi and has been taken care of. Do you think this is normal, or did they do a major service? I have read the post on changing your own oil, didn't seem too hard. Seems I've heard that you have to drop the eng to change plugs, is that correct?

Turboflyer

That sounds excessive. I would think he had more done than he knew. Plugs are accessible but you do need to remove the rear tires if not on a lift. Guess you could crawl in but not worth the trouble. Even at a dealer rate it should have been under 300, not that I would ever give someone that to change the oil and plugs.

bruinbro

Must have been something else. All of the services you describe take less than an hour to do. Total. Also, the only thing you need to drop the engine for is to replace the clutch components or fix the rear main seal. Everything else is accesible either from the top of the engine bay or from the rear of the cabin (behind the removable firewall panel).

Bro

redstack

Yea sounds right to me, seemed like way too much. He was very pissed at the dealer. I'll probably have to use the same dealer for a PPI. Just how much can a guy do if he is reasonably handy? Seems like most maintance, checks could be done. How bout things like belts and sparkplug wires? Do these engines have the individual coils at each plug?

Turboflyer

Individual coils. Belts access door behind the seats.

rbennett

Agree with the rest, this is excessive for a major, must have had other things done. I have had two majors done on my Boxster and they average about $650 US. Mine goes in tomorrow for a major.

For the plugs, remove the rear wheels and they can be reached.

Irishdriver

There seems to be two distinct prices for Boxster services....about 600 Euro and about 1200 Euro.
The 60,000 Km service is a 600 Euro job and the 80,000 km is a 1200 Euro job.

I don't think the individual coils need to be changed that frequesntly but a friend got hit for a full set on his last service and that made it expensive.

pig4bill

1200 Euro??!? What do they do for all that money?

orthofrancis

It costs a lot of money to keep the magic Porsche elves/gnomes in stock for food, so that they can get into the sealed engine compartment, and do their magic.