996 tt rads

[dickyf]

i dont suppose anyone has a spare pair of 996 tt condenser rads. lying around do they?
porsche have loads but they insist on taking my pants down each time i contact them.i think they should be gratis due to the crappy design of the originals! mine have gone rusty because i drive it outside-silly me!!

anyone? anyone?

[sleep envy]

seeing as it's a recon part you might be lucky at the usual indy porsche parts dealers...

[996 turbo]

Have you asked them if they can do it under warranty? I had mine replaced no problem. I took my car in when it started using water expecting it to be a stone or something. Only to be told it was a design fault and that the radiator had corroded along the seam and that it was covered by my warranty. Worth a try…

Steve, 996TT

[MaKSiNG]

996 turbo said:

Have you asked them if they can do it under warranty? I had mine replaced no problem. I took my car in when it started using water expecting it to be a stone or something. Only to be told it was a design fault and that the radiator had corroded along the seam and that it was covered by my warranty. Worth a try…

Steve - was this under the original 2 year manufacturers warranty or under the extended? Also which OPC agreed to the replacement?

[996 turbo]

MaKSiNG said:

Steve - was this under the original 2 year manufacturers warranty or under the extended? Also which OPC agreed to the replacement?

It was under the Porsche extended warranty but it was just outside the manufacturers warranty (well 6 months). It's a couple of years back now so I guess the terms and conditions may have changed. It was Solihull OPC.

[pocty]

Hi MaKSiNG, I also had mine changed on my extended warranty 4 months ago so get yourself
dont there now too.

Philo

[dickyf]

tried opc, not interested. they have rusted because i havent cleaned them!!!!
still need some if anyone can help?

thanks

[guyvert1]

Why not just get if fixed/seen at one of the garages these guys use?

[dickyf]

i will replace them but wondered if anyone had any as the items are damm expensive!!

[roshambo]

dickyf said:

tried opc, not interested. they have rusted because i havent cleaned them!!!!
still need some if anyone can help?

thanks

How do you clean them ? Do they mean clean them out (ie of leaves etc) as these rot & can rust the rads I hear.

R.

[dickyf]

i assume they are referring to road debris and detritis. either way i bet bentley drivers arent expected to get on their kness and pull crap out of the front of their cars!! im just in a grunpy mood today and porsche are top of my list.

[MaKSiNG]

dickyf said:

i assume they are referring to road debris and detritis. either way i bet bentley drivers arent expected to get on their kness and pull crap out of the front of their cars!! im just in a grunpy mood today and porsche are top of my list.

Yeah but whilst you are down there anyway from drying off your brake discs after driving in the rain you might as well clean your rads out

[roshambo]

GT2 drivers must have it really bad, as there are no slats to protect the rads (i dont think) so much more easily damaged by stones etc - though makes it easier to clean out.

R.

[dickyf]

all this is most interesting and makes for good reading but i would refer you to the original thread!!! i still have screwed rads and porsche dont care-at all!