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YOUR RESEARCHRear main seal
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The monkey issue is of little or no consequence as from my own experience, as an amature cage fighter, they tend to lead with their right and have little or no power or reach.
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Usually its someone that has never even changed their oil that screams, "do a search" in response to question about replacing valve guides.
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porsche tests this with a special tool and if out of spec they replace the engine.
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Usually its someone that has never even changed their oil that screams, "do a search" in response to question about replacing valve guides.
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The monkey issue is of little or no consequence as from my own experience, as an amature cage fighter, they tend to lead with their right and have little or no power or reach.
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Is failure of the rear main seal something you still need to be worried about after 60thousand miles? Or is it something that would have happened by now if it was prone to do so? And what is the cost to fix if it did happen? Thanks for your help.
I think you can have RMS issues at any point in time. I had one at 32K miles, I am sure others will chime in with higher mile cases.
If you do the repair at the dealer they will quote $1000-1300. I had mine done at a independent Porsche shop for just under $600 I supplied the parts. I also had them put in a new clutch and flywheel at no additional cost other then the parts I supplied. The clutch was not necessary however while they were there It was an advantage to have the work performed.
As others may have stated, the RMS leak can occur during any point of ownership...I myself have been fortunate to this point and I am not worried if it does occur.
THE way i understand it is if there is a misalignment issue in the internals of the engine(line bored out of spec) then the seal will leak. porsche tests this with a special tool and if out of spec they replace the engine.
SO THE QUESTION IS....if the seal has not leaked earlier it should not leak later in life...unless the seal ages and wears out and leaks then it is not an issue?
after having read ALL the posts about rms is my summary correct???
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if everyone just says "do a search" and everyone follows this advice, how is this board to reflect new information and experieces by owners unless those with the new info themselves start a thread?
I don't agree with Do a search as answer. I do searches myself often and some topics are discussed over and over again. However no matter how many threads there are I always find new information or an experience that had not been shared before.
I nice mod to this site would be to identify specific words that are frequently searched for and when someone posts a new thread with one of those words or phrases, in addition to starting the new thread, a window would open highlighting other threads with the same subject matter. Best of both worlds.
Welcome to Rennlist, you would love the 993 forum. Usually its someone that has never even changed their oil that screams, "do a search" in response to question about replacing valve guides. A lot of people seem to forget that not everyone knows how to construct a boolean search string or even what keywords (see 1999Porsche911's suggestion) to use. Then you have the seven different names/slang for a car part because every country calls it something different and non-obvious. The words "do a search" should be banned from Rennlist but if they are not users should be required to post an http link to a relevant thread. If you know what to look for it should take just as long as typing "do a search" and it will make this place a lot more useful for everyone. And, if you don't want to bother helping than don't post anything at all, no one requires you to post a message, especially "do a search." For some reason members here forget what it was like when they first started posting, I know when I started asking questions (mid-nineties) the responses were not "do a search." Someone bothered to take a minute of their day and write a reply that actually helped me.
Granted that I made an assumption that everyone knew how to select the search button on top of the page, and maybe there are some posters who don't. The point I was making was that this topic has been discussed ad nauseum, and if you conduct a search on RMS in the post tittle, you'll find ten pages of RMS threads and literally hundreds of posts.
As a prospective 997s purchaser I decided to check-out a few Porsche discussion sites. This whole RMS thing has me a little worried. How concerned should I be, does anyone know what % of cars are afflicted and should I get my dealer to underwrite any problems before I sign a purchase contract?
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The monkey issue is of little or no consequence as from my own experience, as an amature cage fighter, they tend to lead with their right and have little or no power or reach.
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