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This is another in a series of articles that I am writing to help enthusiasts track the health of their engines. My experience is directly with the 2006-2008 Cayman S but frankly this discussion can be applied to the Cayman, Boxster, and 911. Previous articles in the series can be found here and here. Today … Continue reading
I am going to write a series of articles exploring how to use the Durametric diagnostic tool to establish the health of a Cayman engine, in this case the engine for a M97.1 car. The information that I am collecting will come from an “S” engine but the concepts directly apply to the “Base” engine … Continue reading
Note- This is the first of several articles that I plan on doing to talk about things I have learned about the use of the Durametric Diagnostic tool on my 2007 Cayman S as an indicator of engine health (or lack thereof!). I have a 2007 Porsche Cayman S, which is also known as a … Continue reading
Let’s call this a Public Service Announcement-Many of us will have never seen what annuciations occur on a Cayman 987 dashboard when you have low or no oil pressure. To revisit history, the Porsche Cayman, when released in 2005, did not have an oil pressure gauge (or a dipstick!). A quick review of the internet … Continue reading
I replaced a large percentage of the carpet in my wife’s 2006 Cayman S last year, due to mouse damage. See that story here. At that time, most but not all of the pieces were available via my local dealership, although some waiting was required. That car has a natural brown interior. More recently, I … Continue reading
Well, that’s my working title. Let’s see if I still like it when I’m done venting. Wow, I’ve spent the last several days installing the rubber seals on the drivers and passenger side doors. My previous project, a 1967 Etype 2+2 coupe, was a “door slammer”. That term can mean different things to different folks … Continue reading
Part 1 of this article can be found here. The problem with my 2007 Porsche Cayman S was different from the run-of-the-mill cat or O2 sensor failure. I had just spent several months rebuilding the engine (see articles here). BTW my engine designation is M97.21. All the suspect parts were new. I had a new … Continue reading
You have probably landed on this article after doing a search on OBD Fault Codes P0421 or P0431. I’m going to start out at a high level (Part 1) then take a deep dive (Part 2). The deep dive will probably make your eyes glaze over but trust me, information is power if you are … Continue reading
Previous articles in this series – Engine Assembly Notes Part 1 and Tour of Engine Sensors and Components Picking up from where I left off here, this is a continuation of the assembly notes I compiled. As discussed in the previous articles, I leaned heavily on the Jake Raby M96/97 Engine Assembly video series and, … Continue reading
OK, so it’s a bad weather day, like everywhere in the US right now, so let’s have a little discussion about bore score inspections “thru the sump”. Nothing definitive here, just my thoughts. I’ve just finished rebuilding my 2007 Cayman S M97.1 engine so this discussion is biased towards that engine design. But from what … Continue reading
