JR911

Gents, Just back from Porsche workshop, and they have looked at the engine, and the verdict is ready. There are some small scratches on the inside of sylinder 6. That's whats causing the "bad" engine sound. They can not tell me how this has happened, but an engine replacement at Porsche will cost me $ 30.000... What am I to do?

I'm leaving it at Porsche for a closer look. I'm going to give them a "chanse" before I head out of the country for a repair. Norway is not the place to repair a Porsche if it requires a new engine. Way to expensive.... But the independant specialist (best in Norway they say) told me that I could drive the car as usual. There is no crack in the pistonhead, it's just loose, due to "connection between the shaftand the piston isn't tight anymor (bad english I know, lack of better words). And, as I feel it, it is not sounding strange, it runs well, so what am I to do? Oh yes, head over to the US for some fun, before I get back to the bad news ;)

CabC2; funny that I'm traveling over to the US and LA on Thursday. Though I even might check out some Porsche Shops while over there (for complete enigins). In LA from monday 20th...

Sorry guys, I'm not a mechanic, but I was told that one of the pistonheads is a a bit "loose"... This causes it to damage the cylinder walls, and the repair will cost more than a replacement. The specialist told me that this was something that would happen on a percentage of 996's. And in most cases on the ones that has the tiptronic transmission. I though this issue was solved on the later 996 (->2002), but obviously not. As for the cost of a 996 vs 997, I don't know, but that's what the specialist told me...

Just bough my first 911 this summer, a '02 Carrera 4S coupe with tiptronic (US). It's a great car, I felt I did a great deal on it (private), and since june I've driven it almost 5000km. So, late august I needed the EU control of the car. The car was spotless, but the tester told me that he felt the engine had a strange sound that he wanted me to check out. I bit worried, I headed out to the most renowned Porsche specialist in Norway, and yes. Conclusion from them, just by listening to the enigine was; replace it! Driving back home, I started thinking how this could happen? The car has run 53.000km (verified) and just had a Porsche Approved pre-owned check - that I though was an indication that this was a spotless ride. It's never been above the redmark, and although I like to kick-down, it's never been driven hard, and never been above 165 km/h. And, I personally can't hear this sound. Had it been there when I bought it? I won't conclude on this yet, as my car is beeing placed at Porsche Norway next week for a thourough check, but, as this an "old" car, privately bought, and with a "no value" Porsche test (111), it looks like I'm facing a bill of between 19k Euro (997 replacement engine) and 23k Euro (original 996 engine - 320hp). IF this is the conclusion, I'm not sure what to do? Spending this much money on a new engine that's going to cost me 1/4 of the cars total value, well, it doesn't seem to be a good investment. What can a "newbee" do in a situation like this? Just lay down and die...?