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YOUR RESEARCHPCA: 996 and 986 PPI video with Raby, Navarro and Callas
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Replace about 10k ago and it has been serviced regularly
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I know the car had the RMS and IMS both replaced about 10k ago and it has been serviced regularly.
PCA: 996 and 986 PPI video with Raby, Navarro and Callas
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Clean sealant off
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Its just that the scene where Jake is cleaning the old sealant off, it looks like a very small bead that doesn't even "appear" to reach the edges of the surface, but maybe it was more than it looked to me in the video.
PCA: 996 and 986 PPI video with Raby, Navarro and Callas
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Leading evidence: 'Replace about 10k ago and it has been serviced regularly' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Clean sealant off' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
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I just attended his enthusiast class and we used dreibond.
PCA: 996 and 986 PPI video with Raby, Navarro and Callas
Clean sealant off
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Its just that the scene where Jake is cleaning the old sealant off, it looks like a very small bead that doesn't even "appear" to reach the edges of the surface, but maybe it was more than it looked to me in the video.
PCA: 996 and 986 PPI video with Raby, Navarro and Callas
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Jake, in the inspection in the video, you noted that they seem to have used the wrong sealant and too much with the last sump install from the debris in the oil pick up, but when cleaning the sealing surfaces, it appears a very small amount of sealant was used?
PCA: 996 and 986 PPI video with Raby, Navarro and Callas
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PCA: 996 and 986 PPI video with Raby, Navarro and Callas
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Clean sealant off
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Its just that the scene where Jake is cleaning the old sealant off, it looks like a very small bead that doesn't even "appear" to reach the edges of the surface, but maybe it was more than it looked to me in the video.
PCA: 996 and 986 PPI video with Raby, Navarro and Callas
Clean sealing surfaces
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Jake, in the inspection in the video, you noted that they seem to have used the wrong sealant and too much with the last sump install from the debris in the oil pick up, but when cleaning the sealing surfaces, it appears a very small amount of sealant was used?
PCA: 996 and 986 PPI video with Raby, Navarro and Callas
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That was a fun video to shoot. I actually built the engine in the Boxster I was test driving, and ironically it I got to drive it again, 5 years later.
I have scribble purported to be a Raby signature in my 996 file. The signature cost $$$ and he threw the engine in for free..;0 Fantastic value purchase!!
Test fired the Raby noise for another upcoming outing! Thank you Jake Raby and FSI!
How many sellers are willing to permit an intrusive PPI? Watching the 996 video, it's hard to tell what is PPI vs. what's cleanup/repair...
If I was the buyer, hell yeah. If I was the seller, I'd be on board, but I can't imagine that's true with everyone...especially those who have a motivation to unload a car in a hurry...
Some seller's won't be.... If they aren't then maybe they know something thats a little more than the average seller concerning the health of the engine.
With these engines you must go invasive with an inspection. If not you end up as one of those guys that calls me and says "I bought a car 3 weeks ago, and had a PPI done, but now the engine has blown up, and I don't know what to do"
My post-purchase inspection, thankfully, was consistent with my unforgivably casual once-over of my '99 (lying on the showroom floor trying to stuff my head under a lowered 911)...
I suppose the best part about that purchase: years later, I would still be kicking myself for NOT buying my 996.
We've had ours for four weeks, so there
. You're right I'm sure, but I sure hope this doesn't happen to me. I know the car had the RMS and IMS both replaced about 10k ago and it has been serviced regularly. That said, no internal inspection was performed.
I'm hoping that with 84k miles and the maintenance performed I will be okay to 100k. That will last me at least 4 or more years, and then a rebuild wouldn't sting too much.
Trust me.... That took a lot of effort on my part. I like shooting videos and sharing, its the BS that comes from it after the fact that pisses me off in most cases.
Plus, I'm older than I look!
Jake, in the inspection in the video, you noted that they seem to have used the wrong sealant and too much with the last sump install from the debris in the oil pick up, but when cleaning the sealing surfaces, it appears a very small amount of sealant was used? Is this from the same car?
I also wanted to ask, if, when you do a full PPI, is there anything else you look at when you have the sump off, or are you mainly looking at the pickup screen and any other debris captured in the pan? I know when I had mine off this winter, I discovered that one of the little tabs holding the rubber flaps has broken off and was laying in bottom.
^The problem with using too much sealant is that it squeezes out the edges and the stuff inside the motor goes to the oil pick-up tube and clogs it up...you won't see it so much between the mating surfaces (because it get's squeezed out) or even around the edges, as it's already fallen off and made it's way into your oiling system. ** I recently pulled my sump plate off and there was NO Sealant! Quite a sursprise as I never had a leak...
Yes, I realize what happens. Its just that the scene where Jake is cleaning the old sealant off, it looks like a very small bead that doesn't even "appear" to reach the edges of the surface, but maybe it was more than it looked to me in the video. I'm just trying to get a better understanding of "too much" vs "too little".
Big thanks to Jake and Charles for putting themselves forward for these videos. They are great and very well done!
No sealant?? Wow. That is impressive.
Use only Dreibond 1209. Period.
Dont freaking over think this! Use the most sparing amount possible.
Like the poster who stated he had no sealant and no oil leaks, I often use no sealant on sump plates of test engines, and they don't leak. Thank your AOS for that.
I did that video in 2008. At that time I was using 518, and I have used it at some other points as well. The good thing about 518 is the fact that it's anerobic, not a form of RTV. If you use too much 518, it just mixes in the oil, and it never hardens like RTV. Dreibond is also an RTV, if too much is used, then it mixes in the oil as a solid, and goes where it isn't wanted.
The 518 was found to have 2 main caveats:
-It works like red loctite, good luck getting the sump plate back off.
-It will start to leak after a few years of the engine flexing.
Hyper- sensitivity is the leading cause of problems. Too many people over think things, and that causes more problems than not thinking enough. They try so hard not to screw up, that they screw up.
What about Loctite 5900? That is what I was told by my local Porsche dealer, and what they list on their parts diagram.
LOL, your right Jake in most cases I suppose. Of course there are those cases, like removing the IMS flange before locking cams, where a little extra thinking might not go a miss
(no offence to anyone who's done this).
My most recent engine rebuild was my vintage British motorcycle. Very different philosophy at play there, where each surface must be lapped, gasket, and sealed in order for it to hold oil in for a limited period of time, until flex and vibration allows it to "rust proof" itself (usually a matter or a month or two of regular riding)
. As long as it's leaking, you know there's still oil in there. It's when it stops you worry.
First off, I don't give a damn what the dealer says, or what any "tech" says at a dealer. I do what works for me in first hand experiences. I make mistakes, and learn from them, and I also constantly try new things. Thats called development. Listening to people is called being a follower, I don;t know how to do that.
Now, if you looked at that parts diagram in 1999, it would have listed Dreibond 1209. T
What 5900 has proven to me, is its the worst possible sealant, with the quickest drying time, and the most probability for oil contamination.
Well well well....I think this flip flopping is clear and decisive evidence that Jake has no idea what he is doing. The gov't should immediately seize his business and lock him up for crimes against Porsche's. We need to see his tax returns. What did he know and when did he know it?
So in a few years I may be cursing your name as a pry off my sump plate.
