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Dan Metz

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  1. A couple of tips regarding the coolant pipe fiasco: 1. If you damage the (brittle) vent pipes during the coolant pipe job, just get yourself some 1" heat shrink tubing. Slip each of the broken ends into the heat shrink and warm it with a heat gun and you'll have a good repair and save $180. There's no pressure inside these lines. My Porsche mechanic tells me he's fixed lots of vent pipes with heat shrink. Works like a charm. I have tried to download some photos but the maximum file size is 2mB and even my pocket camera makes files bigger than that! 2. Assuming that you didn't lose all of the coolant in the car when the pipe(s) failed, it's hard to get the rest out. My 2006 Cayenne S radiator does NOT have a drain plug! You have to unhook one of the large diameter rubber hoses - and you'll make a huge mess doing so. I just added coolant to whatever was left until the system was full. It took a bit more than a gallon of the (ridiculously expen$ive) Porsche coolant to top it off. 3. The silver plastic beauty covers that say "Porsche" on them and cover up the coils are a real pain to get in and out. I just carefully sawed each individual cover off with my shop bandsaw and then put them back on one by one. Unless you're VERY familiar with the underhood area of a Cayenne, you'd never notice the difference. Again, I have photos but the 2MB limit on download size won't let me attach them. I've owned eight 911's, two 911 turbos and a 356 over the years in addition to this Cayenne. Every manufacturer makes some mistakes, of course. But the Cayenne really takes the case. As just one example, the four bolts that hold the engine torque brace to the cylinder head are two DIFFERENT sized bolts, thus requiring two different sockets. I've got the sockets - but why?? Really dumb design abounds everywhere on this car, and Porsche should be ashamed of it. My Porsche mechanic tells me that the newer ones are even worse! I won't ever buy another Cayenne, that's for sure. How are the wonderful photos of this repair accommodated? Surely they must be > 2mB.
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