Where to get used 996 engine.

Does anyone know a good place to get a used 1999 996 engine? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Rob

Why don't you get a Porsche remanufactured engine from a dealer? I think list price is about $8000

I found a used one in LA for $4500 with 28k miles on it. I guess that is a good price. I will look some more and make a decision. I don't really want to spend $8k since I just bought the car a few weeks ago and won't be reimbursed for the engine until litigation is complete. I took the car to a Porsche dealer for a problem and they didn't put any oil back in the car. Crank bearings are everywhere in the engine.

It is a good price if the engine has no potential problems. Did you send you car in to do some work and oil change and the dealer drain your oil without putting fresh oil in?

It had a miss in it and the Porsche dealer said it was a bad valve or lifter. They took the engine apart to inspect including removing cams and head and didn't find anything wrong with it. They the tried to sell me a $600 cam chain tensioner without being able to tell me if it were bad or not. I told them to put the car back together and I would take it to another dealer to get fixed because they obviously didn't know what they were doing. I picked the car up, drove it right to the other dealer and they said the car only had 3 quarts of oil in it. It burned the bearings and the crank was squelling.

Sorry to hear that. Its ashame that you have to go through the litigation process. Best of luck.

rhunt, For what it's worth, the cam chain sensor is very easy to test. It either has 12 volts of power to it or it doesn't. When it has power the tensioner extends an arm to add tension to one side of the chain. When it doesn't have power, it extends an arm to add tension to the chain on the other side. This is the chain that runs between the intake and exhaust cams. All you would have to do to test the tensioner is to put 12 volts to it to see if it shifts. I suppose they could claim that it worked on the bench but might not under stress but that seems fishy to me. I would go find a good independent if I were you. Also, for what it's worth, I would never buy a used engine if I could get a new rebuild from Porsche for an extra $3500. Jim

It is at an independent now. They have a master Porsche certified mechanic there that knows what he is doing. It sucks because I only owned the car for 3 days and it has been in the shop since. I bought a cabrio to enjoy what was left of the summer and got screwed.

wow that sucks. I would say that you should buy the remanny engine- and don't worry about the mitigating damages issue in your suit as it's cheaper than new- Seems like a pretty easy deal to have the dealer pay for that remanny engine. Did you not go through the normal reps and such? that would be the obvious path and if the fact was that they didn't add the oil etc, then that would be a negligent action and shouldn't be a big deal. How long did it take to figure out the oil or lack thereof prob? only after the inde diagnosed it? I would really work with the national rep and see what they'd do- litigagation is always the last and most expensive and time consuming alternative- not to mention stressful and in the end you have to pay the attorney more etc.

They sometimes show up on ebay but if you expect to be reimbursed, I would buy the remanufactured engine and not risk paying $4500 for an 'unknown.' Just my $.02 (not my $8,000!)

Is this true? I keep hearing numbers of 19k or something like that.

I've heard from different folks a range of $7,500 to $10,000. The $8k has been mentioned several times on this board. I, too, would rather get a factory reman. than a used risky engine. Sorry to hear about your troubles. I would push to get reimbursed for a brand new reman. They should have to pay hard for that mistake.

I called another Porsche dealer and the reman is $8300 plus $2300 core charge. It is only a long block so everything would have to be stripped off the old engine and on the new one. My lawyer doesn't think they will go for a reman engine since my car had 60k miles on it. I am still going to push for one though.

I really question the information you are being given. The discount price for the 3.4L has always been around $6800 plus the core charge which you get back. That is for a complete engine including a/c, altenator, fuel system, etc. All you mechanic needs to do is drop the old engine, bolt the new one in, hook it up, fill it with oil and you're good to go. It should take less than a day meaning less than $800. Unless Porsche has seriously changed the engine replacement program I think you are being given bad data. Jim

Does the remanufactured engine from the dealer gets warrantied if installed by them. If so- a good plus that if something happens it's covered. Mike

JimB's response is what I know to be fact too...there are a few companies that do refits into Boxsters of the 3.4l engines...that is about the price they mention also at the discounted price of the rebuilt motor from Porsche dealer... Go with that one...plus it has a 2yr. warranty I believe.

I just purchased a remanufactured engine 1 week ago $8,2000 plus $2,400 core deposit and $1,600 to install. 2 Year Parts only no labor from porsche. Currently Porsche rep is checking out a noisy lifter that fixed it's self at only 531 miles on the rebuilt . Engine came with everything except flywheel/clutch and A/C compressor just add fluids and drive. I own a 1999C2 wth 51K miles the original had a bad intermedate shaft. Good Luck

So ... there must have been a serious price increase just recently! I bought from my local dealer in June and list price was $6767 {-5% for PCA member} plus $2100 for core charge that I got back.

Hi Pete, Yes, big price increase August 2004. Any problems with your remanufactured engine? How many miles on it ? Mark

No problems with the reman. It only has 1,800 on it so far. 1K breakin and 800 track miles.