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Need a rebuilt engine in South NJ due to Intermix
in 996 Series (Carrera, Carrera 4, Carrera 4S, Targa)
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This is not an attempt to derail their business model, but it is important that one consider these points should anyone decide to have them disassemble an engine and then reassemble it again. Call this a public service announcement and you are free to make your own informed descision. This post is as objective and factual as it can be. Just reading what they have to sell and asking myself, would I do that to my own engine? I am a Porsche owner, but not a business owner, nor employed in the trade.
Some of the fine print quoted from their auction:
"Price listed do not cover any shipping, installations, removals, taxes, towing, storage, oils, lubes and gas. Prices maybe substantially higher. Pictures and Videos are for illustration only. Price listed do not cover any parts that are broken, burnt, bent, worn or incorrect."
"All Porsche motors sold come with full warranty on all parts and labor sold!"
"Returns: 7 day money back, buyer pays return shipping"
"all parts listed above are on rebuilding customer’s motor & parts keeping original case serial numbers"
The auction claims to sell the buyer about $900 worth (retail price before discount) of parts and re-uses everything else already in your engine. I'm not saying that it wouldn't freshen up a few components and do some good with all the cleaning and inspection they claim to do and with those new parts. And it is a good thing if there is actual two-way customer interaction during the rebuild and if they notice a problem and a part is replaced. I'm on the fence with that respect since I don't have personal experience with their process, but if you are OK with that type of business model instead of being up front and straightforward and honest up front about what needs to be done then that is your choice.
Regarding the intermix repair. I'm not saying they couldn't repair one, becaue I'm sure they could have the heads repaired, but that is not listed in this auction description. In short, the chances of an ebay motormeister rebuild repairing an intermix issue due to cracked head or cylinder (or even oil cooler or AOS) are just about 0%. There is a 0.000000000001% chance it would get fixed, because one of the genuine parts they do actually replace are the head gaskets - which pretty much never fail on this engine.
There are many bullet points listed in their auction that I would ask for more qualification on, you can be the judge depending on their answers. I am sure they are fully capable of performing these services as detailed correctly below, however since they are not included in the auction description prepared to pay substantially more than their $6,000 price tag. And to their credit, they do offer this warning in their auction as I quoted above that it could cost considerably more.