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PPI - is a Borescope check essential?

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What I might do is the Essex check and when the seller takes the car to be serviced at a specialist, have the Borescope check done then.

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Checked my last Porsche Inspection's report and I was wrong - they don't do Borescope check either as too invasive.

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What I might do is the Essex check and when the seller takes the car to be serviced at a specialist, have the Borescope check done then.

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Checked my last Porsche Inspection's report and I was wrong - they don't do Borescope check either as too invasive.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Found a car I like and wanted Essex Porsche Inspection's to carry out the PPI but seeing their process they say they don't do a Borescope check. How essential is it to have that done as part of a PPI? I thought when I had one done with Porsche Inspection's, I'm pretty sure they did carry one out.

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It depends what you're looking at. 3.4 with no smoke and no noises I wouldn't bother. 3.6 and I might.

POST 5 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Checked my last Porsche Inspection's report and I was wrong - they don't do Borescope check either as too invasive. What I might do is the Essex check and when the seller takes the car to be serviced at a specialist, have the Borescope check done then.

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When I was looking at a car near (I think) Brooklands OPC, they said it would be an extra £600 to do a borescope due to the 'hours of labour". Ridiculous. In the end I bought a car near enough to my local Indy. Borescope cost an extra £120... Get a borescope, don't be too concerned if there is some minor scuffing on a couple of cylinders on a high mileage example. Just make sure someone reputable does it that knows what to look for in the images.

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