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YOUR RESEARCHClaimed Head gasket repair-Looking to purchase
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Use engine installed
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Will cost you 10-13K for new Used engine installed.
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My thought is you have a very large repair bill in your future.
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Spoke with seller of '99 911. Claims "local European import shop diagnosed it. Did compression test and put a camera down into cylinder walls to look for damage and found nothing other than oil and coolant mixing. Idles, runs, and drives no issue otherwise."
Thoughts? Is this a bigger problem?
Just oil and coolant mixing. Just..............
Lots of potential issues, cracked heads, AOS failure, gunk in the coolant. Assume the worst, don't pay more than roller money and have a big reserve of cash for rebuild and fingers crossed for something easy. FYI head gaskets almost never fail on these cars, lots of other things, oh hell yes.
Since it is a 99, I would assume cracked head, and base the sale price on an engine rebuild or replacement. Since the sellers are saying there is nothing wrong with it, they are probably asking near full price (15k, or something like that). I would walk away.
The fact that the "local European import shop" doesn't know that head gasket failure isn't really a "thing" for M96-powered cars would make me disinclined to use that shop for your water-cooled Porsche needs once you DO acquire a 996...
"PRICE IS FIRM DO NOT CONTACT ME TO OFFER ME ANYTHING BESIDES WHAT I'M ASKING."
Sounds like the seller has already had a few people tell him what his car is worth as a roller.
Get his email, wait until February, offer him $5k ... at that price, in October in PA, I'd be surprised if that car is going anywhere
Yup...SCUMBAG looking to unload a dying/dead engine on an uninformed buyer...I wish there was a way to flag those types of ads...could save someone lots of heartache and cash... Nice Aerokit though...I'd pay 5k for it
