996 water pump
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2002 car only 30,000 when I bought it a year ago. Full porsche SH and I love it but its been a bit unreliable. A hose burst it overheated but no damage apart from a noisy tappet which was cured with a new set of tappets on that head. All is well now.
4 months down the line with very light usage the waterpump bearing starts to grumble. Can't leave it so I fitted a new pump and drive belt. Seemed straight forward according to Fred Flak on You tube! It's a non turbo. I still did it but you have to take off the thermostat housing and a rigid water pipe and if you have a larger diameter exhaust the engine mount plate does not slide back quite far enough. Lots of dismantling till there is enough space to get pump out. AND one bolt on the thermostat housing and one on the pump are total bar stewards to get at. One exhaust clamp bolt corroded in place so angle grinder required plus heat to get remainder of stud out of captive nut on jubilee clip thing. Then amazing luck at local car crazy when they had exactly the right size replacement bolt in stainless. Plus side is that Euro parts provided a real porsche pump for £190 plus vat plus belt and coolant overnight to my local branch.
Not an easy car to refill with coolant takes a few days of topping up. Also had to replace the wheel bolts as several had corroded around the "washer" at the top and some were begining to break up.
Still love the car, starts on the button, perfect tick over, goes like clappers but slight niggle in my mind about whats gonna go next. Long drive on Thursday fingers crossed
4 months down the line with very light usage the waterpump bearing starts to grumble. Can't leave it so I fitted a new pump and drive belt. Seemed straight forward according to Fred Flak on You tube! It's a non turbo. I still did it but you have to take off the thermostat housing and a rigid water pipe and if you have a larger diameter exhaust the engine mount plate does not slide back quite far enough. Lots of dismantling till there is enough space to get pump out. AND one bolt on the thermostat housing and one on the pump are total bar stewards to get at. One exhaust clamp bolt corroded in place so angle grinder required plus heat to get remainder of stud out of captive nut on jubilee clip thing. Then amazing luck at local car crazy when they had exactly the right size replacement bolt in stainless. Plus side is that Euro parts provided a real porsche pump for £190 plus vat plus belt and coolant overnight to my local branch.
Not an easy car to refill with coolant takes a few days of topping up. Also had to replace the wheel bolts as several had corroded around the "washer" at the top and some were begining to break up.
Still love the car, starts on the button, perfect tick over, goes like clappers but slight niggle in my mind about whats gonna go next. Long drive on Thursday fingers crossed
It's been said before, but I don't think these cars appreciate lack of use.
When I bought my turbo (3.5 years ago) it was a one owner, 20k mile car - and for the first year an unreliable pain in the neck. Nothing major, but always some niggling problem that needed fixing, including coolant leaks, fuel pump etc.
After about a year, it started to behave and has been a much better car since. Hopefully, you'll see the same improvement in reliability I did after a while
When I bought my turbo (3.5 years ago) it was a one owner, 20k mile car - and for the first year an unreliable pain in the neck. Nothing major, but always some niggling problem that needed fixing, including coolant leaks, fuel pump etc.
After about a year, it started to behave and has been a much better car since. Hopefully, you'll see the same improvement in reliability I did after a while
L200animal said:
2002 car only 30,000 when I bought it a year ago. Full porsche SH and I love it but its been a bit unreliable. A hose burst it overheated but no damage apart from a noisy tappet which was cured with a new set of tappets on that head. All is well now.
4 months down the line with very light usage the waterpump bearing starts to grumble. Can't leave it so I fitted a new pump and drive belt. Seemed straight forward according to Fred Flak on You tube! It's a non turbo. I still did it but you have to take off the thermostat housing and a rigid water pipe and if you have a larger diameter exhaust the engine mount plate does not slide back quite far enough. Lots of dismantling till there is enough space to get pump out. AND one bolt on the thermostat housing and one on the pump are total bar stewards to get at. One exhaust clamp bolt corroded in place so angle grinder required plus heat to get remainder of stud out of captive nut on jubilee clip thing. Then amazing luck at local car crazy when they had exactly the right size replacement bolt in stainless. Plus side is that Euro parts provided a real porsche pump for £190 plus vat plus belt and coolant overnight to my local branch.
Not an easy car to refill with coolant takes a few days of topping up. Also had to replace the wheel bolts as several had corroded around the "washer" at the top and some were begining to break up.
Still love the car, starts on the button, perfect tick over, goes like clappers but slight niggle in my mind about whats gonna go next. Long drive on Thursday fingers crossed
Damn4 months down the line with very light usage the waterpump bearing starts to grumble. Can't leave it so I fitted a new pump and drive belt. Seemed straight forward according to Fred Flak on You tube! It's a non turbo. I still did it but you have to take off the thermostat housing and a rigid water pipe and if you have a larger diameter exhaust the engine mount plate does not slide back quite far enough. Lots of dismantling till there is enough space to get pump out. AND one bolt on the thermostat housing and one on the pump are total bar stewards to get at. One exhaust clamp bolt corroded in place so angle grinder required plus heat to get remainder of stud out of captive nut on jubilee clip thing. Then amazing luck at local car crazy when they had exactly the right size replacement bolt in stainless. Plus side is that Euro parts provided a real porsche pump for £190 plus vat plus belt and coolant overnight to my local branch.
Not an easy car to refill with coolant takes a few days of topping up. Also had to replace the wheel bolts as several had corroded around the "washer" at the top and some were begining to break up.
Still love the car, starts on the button, perfect tick over, goes like clappers but slight niggle in my mind about whats gonna go next. Long drive on Thursday fingers crossed
993 owner here, car had only done 300 miles in the previous three years when I bought her, then I did 6500 within 6 months .... Reims Metz Stuttgart, trip to the Ring, round trip of 1800 miles and she didnt miss a beat.
North to South and back again through Spain two months later 2200 miles in unbelievable tempretures ..... and again didnt miss a beat. In fact other than the original alarm playing up,(and that's seemed to solve itself) shes been absolutly no trouble.
Starting to worry about me water pump now though ....... oh hang on a minute.
Sorry. I'm sure she'll be fine from now on. Enjoy the car and the trip.
996 '98 car. Had various issues when hardly driven for several years but after putting an extra 80k miles on it the only things that have needed replacing were the sort of things I'd have expected to go after 14 years.
Stick an IMSB mod and then just don't worry about it anymore. I was really crapping myself at the idea of driving to France in my car when it hit the 80k mark but I thought bugger it, got it serviced and then off I went for a summer jolly.
Drove from Leeds -> Dover then Calais -> Dinan, ponced around all the place with the roof down getting dirty looks off the natives for a week then back - it was fabulous. I think I put at least 3.5k on the clock.
Considering I was very close to letting my paranoia getting the better of me and hiring a vauxhall corsa / VW Golf for the journey instead.... yikes
The only time it let me down though was when I couldn't shake off some really annoying souped up megane.
Stick an IMSB mod and then just don't worry about it anymore. I was really crapping myself at the idea of driving to France in my car when it hit the 80k mark but I thought bugger it, got it serviced and then off I went for a summer jolly.
Drove from Leeds -> Dover then Calais -> Dinan, ponced around all the place with the roof down getting dirty looks off the natives for a week then back - it was fabulous. I think I put at least 3.5k on the clock.
Considering I was very close to letting my paranoia getting the better of me and hiring a vauxhall corsa / VW Golf for the journey instead.... yikes
The only time it let me down though was when I couldn't shake off some really annoying souped up megane.
Yes I think low mileage is a double edged sword. Service it and use it. Rear tyres coming up. ATS have offered me pirelli rosso zero's N3 for £165 each balanced and fitted which is at least £25 cheaper than the nearest rival so they will be going on. Mine's a targa which devloped an annoying water leak to the interior. I am sure it was one of the roof drains cos having had a good poke around with some strimmer cable (?) and some air from a compressor that has cleared up so roll on spring and summer
Mine is used almost every day and in 15 months the only thing that's gone wrong was the fuel pump relay. Which was embarrasing as I had to get my neighbour to come and tow me home (I was only about a mile away). My neighbour who is a Land Rover nut, dislikes German cars, and whom I often rib about Land Rover reliability. D'oh.
As my car came up to 100k mikes I was worrying again that all hell would break loose but it hasn't. I'm absolutely convinced that these cars need regular use to keep them running well.
As my car came up to 100k mikes I was worrying again that all hell would break loose but it hasn't. I'm absolutely convinced that these cars need regular use to keep them running well.
The last time mine was in the garage the mechanic said I needed new wheel bolts because mine were corroded. To be honest ignored it but when I was having the balancing done at ATS last week they said the same thing and showed me the bolts from the NSF and they weren't just corroded. Each bolt has a loose section like a big thick washer with a rounded section that fits snug in the wheel and that "washer" had cracked and was looking decidedly sorry for itself on several of those 4 bolts (4 because the security bolt was fine) so I ordered 16 replacements from the "porsche shop" and they turned up yesterday so I will fit them tonight. The silver bolts - as opposed to black - look a bit plain and well rough so I was wondering if you can get any kind of embellisher
sundayjumper said:
Mine is used almost every day and in 15 months the only thing that's gone wrong was the fuel pump relay. Which was embarrasing as I had to get my neighbour to come and tow me home (I was only about a mile away). My neighbour who is a Land Rover nut, dislikes German cars, and whom I often rib about Land Rover reliability. D'oh.
As my car came up to 100k mikes I was worrying again that all hell would break loose but it hasn't. I'm absolutely convinced that these cars need regular use to keep them running well.
Can you see what the time is on the clock "9:11" is that spooky or some very clever photography?As my car came up to 100k mikes I was worrying again that all hell would break loose but it hasn't. I'm absolutely convinced that these cars need regular use to keep them running well.
sundayjumper said:
Mine is used almost every day and in 15 months the only thing that's gone wrong was the fuel pump relay. Which was embarrasing as I had to get my neighbour to come and tow me home (I was only about a mile away). My neighbour who is a Land Rover nut, dislikes German cars, and whom I often rib about Land Rover reliability. D'oh.
As my car came up to 100k mikes I was worrying again that all hell would break loose but it hasn't. I'm absolutely convinced that these cars need regular use to keep them running well.
Does your car always run that warm? I've never seen my turbo get above the 80 mark.As my car came up to 100k mikes I was worrying again that all hell would break loose but it hasn't. I'm absolutely convinced that these cars need regular use to keep them running well.
L200animal said:
sundayjumper said:
Mine is used almost every day and in 15 months the only thing that's gone wrong was the fuel pump relay. Which was embarrasing as I had to get my neighbour to come and tow me home (I was only about a mile away). My neighbour who is a Land Rover nut, dislikes German cars, and whom I often rib about Land Rover reliability. D'oh.
As my car came up to 100k mikes I was worrying again that all hell would break loose but it hasn't. I'm absolutely convinced that these cars need regular use to keep them running well.
Can you see what the time is on the clock "9:11" is that spooky or some very clever photography?As my car came up to 100k mikes I was worrying again that all hell would break loose but it hasn't. I'm absolutely convinced that these cars need regular use to keep them running well.
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