RMS

[mogul]

My car is a 996 C2 and nearly three years old. I've owned it from new and never tracked it or abused it.

I've had the RMS replaced twice so far and for reasons best known as 'esp' I thought as it's due a 3 year service/MOT next month I'd have look under the back and see if there was any evidence of oil......

And there it was.....

I'm covered under the warranty so Porsche will do the biz I guess, but I've only covered 5000 miles in the last year and should I expect this every bloody year?

There is obviously a problem with these seals based on the number of threads on various sites etc.

So what do I do?

Do I chuck my toys out of the pram or just accept that this is part of the 'ownership' of a modern 996?

Will this issue also have an effect on the re-sale value?

Cheers

[mogul]

ballcock said:

radron said: This is awful I am the proud new owner of 996 c2 cab 1998 model, its just been through service at 47500 miles no signs of rms issues, is it a ticking bomb? maybe I should have stuck to my s2000?? Getting really concerned about this now. I have a warranty that will cover the rms but still... Get out there and hooooooon. You've just got post purchase trauma! Ask around amongst owners of older 911's... Porsches leak oil ... and the news is , ITS NO BIG DEAL.

As long as it's NO BIG DEAL that's fine.

So are you saying apart from a drip of oil on the floor this common problem just isn't worth getting worried about?