sunlion

Indeed.  I’m monitoring a few things - putting on miles to see if oil consumption is at baseline, roughly 700 miles/qt.  Will do leakdown and compression after 1k miles, but judging by the way she runs......there is no problem!

300 miles in.....no problems

Picked up the CTT today.  Repair shop put it back together and it runs fine.  Amazing. No (additional) charge!  Now I have an extra vehicle......so it must go bye bye. Would prefer to keep it over my LR3 but I need a utility vehicle and it has much less cargo space than the LR3.

Yeah - that’s an engine cover plastic bolt - rumbled around in the intake for a while then got sucked in an stuck  - keeps #8 exhaust valve open.  Last folks in there was my shop.  They said they’ll take it back and check it out then put it back together.  The whole front is off.....as we were in the process of pulling  the motor for rebuild.....

.....I’d like to post more photos but I’m limited to 2 mb.  

be careful replacing the coolant pipes......sometimes the seals get kinked and they continue to leak fluid.  If you start seeing tranny fluid leaking after a while, then the transmission seal is shot - it get fried because of the coolant. The tranny needs to be dropped to change this seal. 

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+1.  This is a job best done on a lift and involves removal of the front axle carrier, which is a normally done to get ready for an engine removal.  Best left to the pro's.........

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unless you have the skills, tool, time and a lift.........

update......here's what I found when I pulled the intake........look closely

Basically we decide who we are and my wife is a Porsche gal and I’m a Porsche guy plus that CPO warranty that Porsche offers is pretty darn hard to beat

Indeed......looked at the F pace......it’s not nearly the same.......Cayenne is more powerful and more refined.  

update......um.......bought a new used one.....'17, platinum edition (sounds fancy but really is base cayenne,) 7k miles, CPO for 6 years, unlimited miles (recent Porsche cars change from 100k. miles,) fair amount of doo dads.....wife is happy: no life, without wife; happy wife, happy life......and she has 1 800 PORSCHE for 6 years, instead of 1 800 me......so thats my end of the bargain, plus the sales rep for all her questions.  

Was thinking of doing a V10 TDI swap into dead CTT but drove a treg V10 TDI today and it didn't do anything for me.  So I ditched that idea and plan to rebuild the motor.  Have an excellent machinist nearby who just invested in the tools etc for alusil blocks so he says to bring him the short block and heads, he will bore, hone, rebuild etc and I'll assemble rebuilt short block and heads........so that's the plan.......now its my project.....

A cayenne without and engine is not worth anything......perhaps parting it out......?????

Yep.  Its risky.  I'm saving on labor doing some myself and have the help of a mechanic friend and a shop.  I looked into used motors but as another mechanic friend said, I already have a used motor.   If I walk away, its a huge loss.  Another used vehicle is still a used vehicle and comes with risks.  With a new vehicle, one essentially commits to spending x amount of dollars over a 2-4 year period. I've got a '15 escape right now and my wife hates it.  There is lots of  piece of mind getting a new vehicle with a warranty and maintenance included - occupies less brain space for sure.  

Either way its pay now or pay later.  

I haven't made a decision but I wouldn't go the rebuild route if the labor part wasn't cheap.  And I have help with future breakdowns. 

probably gonna do this:

https://928motorsports.com/services/cayenne_block_repair.php

Seemingly so, sad but true!

Hello.  My wife's CTT took a dump yesterday.  My indy says no compression and leak down pressure goes out the exhaust valve on #8 cylinder.  It has 120k miles, well maintained but unusual and usual problems fixed until now. Where do I start?

My friend suggests using borescope to look inside so that is what ill do.

The wife reported it was running a little rough intermittently over the last two week.  Indy got misfire codes. I had been consuming a quart of oil every 5-6 hundred miles recently but made good power and boost. 

I can get more specifics from my indy as needed.

Thanks,

Ravi