964 engine rebuild

[young_pup]

Hi,

Say i was looking at a 964 that had had most of the work doen on it that required doing. The engine doesn't leak oil so does it require a rebuild?

R

[warmfuzzies]

Well, that kind of depends, you've asked a pretty open question.
If leakdown is bad maybe, if compression is bad maybe, If oil consumption is greater then 1 litre/1k then maybe, if it smokes then maybe, if a good deal of oil can be found in the intake and it hasn't been over filled then maybe.

I'm sure others will chip in, and it depends on condition, look around has it been cared for? history?
come back with some more info, then you can be guided more accurately.

kevin

[pesty]

As warmfussies says maybe... but maybe not.

In any case I think its a good idea to keep your mind open to the possibilty that if you buy one of these cars then at some time in the future you may be unlucky.

These are not cheap to run they are getting on a bit and will typically need little jobs doing that newer cars would not.


you may get one and have it for years without spending a penny on it, many people have others have not been so lucky.

common sense says budget for it.

[young_pup]

Yes sorry about that rather open question!

Its had clutch and suspension and at 113k is no sring chicken. Hopefully the Stuttgart Horse hasn't turned into a knackered Stokey Shirehorse just yet.

Overall condition is very clean indeed, both inside and out. One of the better ones i've seen.

Had recent MOT and passed fine.

Sending it down to Silverstone Porsche for one of their checkups...only thing is will that uncover engine nasties like loss of compression or power?

Richard