chris8382

Yes, all the latest parts...but does that include any parts or refinements to address the cylinder wall failure?

I am tracking that the only changes have been to address the RMS failure. Is this correct?

Chris

So after putting $14k into the replacement of my 99 996 engine (at 50k miles), I am now considering the wisdom of continuing with this car. Yes, two years on the Porsche engine...that's nice. Sounds like I'm not likely to face the RMS issue on this engine since Porsche has updated the seals 3-4 times to get it about right. (Funny thing is, my last engine had no RMS issues or sign of issues...just went straight to cylinder wall failure in two cylinders....)

My real question is whether Porsche has made any changes/updates/advances in their 3.4L 996 engines that will make me less likely to face the same cylinder wall problem again. Anyone know of updates to the 3.4L? Is my new PCNA engine less likely to fail in this way than the original engine?

I love this car and really enjoy it....but $14k every now and again is too much to endure financially......

Thanks for any insights, all.

Chris

Hi there

I just bought myself a roof transport system for my 98 coupe. Can't get the existing screws out from under the flaps no matter what I do though, and am slowly destroying the heads of the screws. Have noticed there is the bolt that can be seen from underneath, number 12 in the picture in the previous post above. Can I screw this out instead from underneath, which should be much easier than trying further with the screws from above? Appears the screws are screwed into the bolt?

Or will I damage something by doing this?

Cheers

Greg

Good luck. I had the same problem and am now in the process of drilling out the bolts with their worthless little flat head slots. I am using a 6mm x 1.0 tap to make new threads. This is working well. Oh yeah, dont bother trying to use an extractor on these...I broke two before I figured out to go straight to the tap.