996 crankshaft main bearing failure
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I have heard it happen on one or two 993s.
Quite a rare occurence, mainly because the 911 engine is dry sumped so no oil starvation problems.
That said, the 996 did have a few teething problems when it was launched, but everything was swiftly fixed under warranty so reliability never became a sticking point.
The strongest bottom ends on the 996s will be the GT3, GT2 and turbo bottom ends, as these were derived from the old 964/GT1 bottom end IIRC. I would be surprised if one of these let go, less so if a normal Carrera shell bearing/crank/rod went out of the exhaust.
Still, it should all be fixed under warranty in your case...
Quite a rare occurence, mainly because the 911 engine is dry sumped so no oil starvation problems.
That said, the 996 did have a few teething problems when it was launched, but everything was swiftly fixed under warranty so reliability never became a sticking point.
The strongest bottom ends on the 996s will be the GT3, GT2 and turbo bottom ends, as these were derived from the old 964/GT1 bottom end IIRC. I would be surprised if one of these let go, less so if a normal Carrera shell bearing/crank/rod went out of the exhaust.
Still, it should all be fixed under warranty in your case...
I remember reading about some earlier facelift 3.6 carrera's going pop. Think it was to do with timing chains or something. I wonder if the first batch of older 911's ever had teething problems like this, or if they were rock solid out of the box. Or is this a carrera v turbo scenario, not an old v new one.
I've heard of a number of early 996tt needing new engines from an OPC mechanic (not from my OPC incidentally). Something to do with the cars not having a seal/gasket where a normal car would due to the engine being derived from the GT1 block or something.
I've not heard many problems with the engines of C2 and C4, although I think a colleague of 456mgt has had engine problems with a new C4S, which necessitated the car being off of the road for a long period.
DAZ
I've not heard many problems with the engines of C2 and C4, although I think a colleague of 456mgt has had engine problems with a new C4S, which necessitated the car being off of the road for a long period.
DAZ
First time here , but sorry to hear these tails of woe on new model Porsche cars . This really shouldn't be happening and much as I dislike the Cayenne and have never warmed to the 'blanded out' 996 body shape , the GT3 is simply amazing for the money and other great cars are in the pipeline plus with a return to racing in 2005 long time admirers of Porsche cars have something to look forward to .
Still dissapointed to read of such quality issues with Porsche though .
Still dissapointed to read of such quality issues with Porsche though .
No Roadrunner, I did not say they used Jap components, I said that Porsche adopted Japanese design and assembly techniques so that the could build the things cheaper and at the same time f*** the independents with box the need to buy box loads of special engine build tooling.
Have you had a clutch fault? The common issue is an out of balance flywheel wobbling away the main bearings, since Porsche decided to extend the flywheel away from the main bearings on the 986/996 engine and thus and additional forces knock hell out of the mains.
Have you had a clutch fault? The common issue is an out of balance flywheel wobbling away the main bearings, since Porsche decided to extend the flywheel away from the main bearings on the 986/996 engine and thus and additional forces knock hell out of the mains.
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