Porsche 718 and tobacco

Boxster, Cayman and cigarette butts problem

Again, this was something I had never known or thought about. That is the relationship between Porsche Boxster, Cayman and cigarette butts.

It is said that Porsche Boxster and Cayman have been warned about cigarette butts for some time.

You don't know what you're talking about? ??

The side intake may inhale the cigarette butts

It is said that a letter was delivered from Porsche to the owners of Porsche 718 this time, and the contents are

"Be aware that if you throw a cigarette butt out of the car, the airflow around the car will suck it into the side intake ducts, which can damage the car."

something like.

What is that? Is there such a thing? ?? ??

However, this is also very strange, but I think that there are probably 718 owners in Japan who received such a letter from Porsche.

It seems that this letter was sent only to the owners in the United Kingdom, and owners in Germany and the United States said, "I have never received or heard such a letter."

This is the letter from Porsche ↓

For the time being, for me, before the problem of Boxster or Cayman's side intakes could inhale something or not.

• picture? Do you smoke in the car? (This isn't a bad thing because it's everyone's taste, but I don't smoke, so I don't like the smell of cigarettes in the car).
• Do you throw the butts out? !!

That is more doubtful, but anyway, it is a dangerous act for Porsche on which he is riding to throw away the cigarette butts from the inside of the car.

It also suggests that if you are not good at it, the butts may get into the engine room and lead to ignition.

When you have inhaled the butts

• Smoke
• Loss of engine power
• Warning sign on the central display
• It smells like something is burning

It is said that such symptoms will appear.

It's the worst if you can see something like burning smell + smoke while driving ...

It seems that the letter to this Porsche 718 that littering of cigarettes is dangerous was issued on January 12, 2022, but this problem has already been said for several years. Also in the 2016 owner's manual

"Danger! Cigarettes or cigars can be sucked into the air intake by the air flow and cause a fire in the engine room. "

It seems that it is written.

And Porsche did not just send a warning letter, basically "Porsche is special to the side air intake of the corresponding model to prevent such cigarettes from entering the engine room and causing damage. The protective grill has already been installed. "

"A finer mesh protective grill is also available," he said.

Just in case, if you are interested, change to a finer protective grill.

Although it is not genuine Porsche, when I looked at the shop posted on the site I was looking at in the flow of this story, I was surprised that a huge number of protective grills were sold. Of course, there are many because it is by model and age.

There are many ~ → This is the shop (overseas site)

For the time being, I thought it was the most important thing to stop littering cigarettes anyway ^^

Source:
◆ Porsche Still Reckoning With The Boxster And Cayman's Insatiable Hunger For Cigarette Butts
◆ Porsche Cayman Club Facebook

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