BIG Mistake? Porsche Boxster S M96 Core Engine Teardown. What Happened Here?

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I've been tearing down engines on camera for 2 and a half years! Search my channel to see what I've torn down. Here's a few recents:
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Today I get the pleasure of tearing into a Porsche M96. This M96.24 is a 3.2L Flat 6 from a 2003-2004 Porsche Boxster S. 258HP, Variocam plus. This is a core return from a good engine we sold. On this particular engine, I required the core to be returned or I would not sell it. FINALLY, we sold the engine and got the core back in the last two weeks. Sadly, I don't have details like mileage or symptoms, but we do have an engine to teardown and try to figure out what happened.
On most of the cores I get, they're hurt pretty bad and there's not a lot to sell from them. On this one, I hoped for the least amount of damage as possible. These engines part out extremely well, so I was really hoping for the most minor of damage possible!

Why am I doing this? My name is Eric and I own and run a full service auto salvage business. Part of our model is parting out blown up and core engines to salvage the good parts. We do not rebuild engines, merely supply parts to those that do!

I really hope you enjoyed this teardown. As always, I love all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism. Catch you all on the next one!

-Eric