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result of passionate keystroking
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I'm just praying it was the result of passionate keystroking...
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I know sh*t happens but, when it’s your engine that has to be replaced prematurely from an unknown and/or undisclosed failure you start to wonder.
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In reality, though, there are tens of thousands of the cars out there that are running beautifully, and it's only a minority that have major problems
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i heard that we be as Americans use English better way than Brits, at least from what I was been taught to.....
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Hi guys!
I'm really freaked out about this engine blow-out issue many 996 seem suffer from. What I would like to know is if there is any "safer" way to spot a possible blow-out? I was thinking if it's related to the year the car is produced?
I started looking at 98's and 99's but I got so freaked out about all this I now decided to put more money into the purchase to possibly exclude these issues the early models suffer from. Am I doing the right thing or should I proceed with the original plan to buy a much cheaper 98-99 model?
I'm looking at a '01 with only 48000 kilometers (29825 miles) with the original engine still in it, no RMS leakage so far. Guy is asking 36000 Euro for it. As you might know, European prices are much higher than American so the price is definatly Ok.
No one on this board has ever been able to produce documentable statistics.
Yes some engines have had failures, yes probably more 3.4L ones than newer, but keep in mind that as with anything in life, we always hear more bad news than good.
I have a 3.4L with 54k miles and it is fine. Many many many people on this website have the same engine and their's are fine too, in fact many of these are tracked regularly.
My advice would be to buy whatever you are comfortable spending up to....i.e. older one = less expensive and probably "plain" in trim and interior finish, newer one = newer technology and more luxurious interior finish.
Good luck with whatever you finally decide!
+1 Only Porsche knows any statistics associated with Porsche failure, despite the wild claims that some might make.
You will always hear those that have had a problem screaming, but that doesn't make their problem statistically significant, even if it is emotionally significant.
Buy the car that you like and live with it. If ther were a wide-spread problem NHTSA would be all over it - they are not, so you're safe to assume that the vast majority are living happily ever after.
Follow your desires, find a good car and all will work out if you do your homeowrk and buy a good car in good condition.
Take a look at these articles:
http://www.autofarm.co.uk/engines/water_cooled/press
They'll give you some industry perspective.
here's a comment from the first article:
My own experience with the M96 would concur.
OH MY GOD!!! My March 1998 "early 3.4 engine is going to blow! Oh, wait. It burns and leaks no oil. It runs with a higher effective compression ratio than a stock Turbo. It has more than 200,000 Type 1 over revs. No valve or timing chain noises, and I still have the orginal coolant tank cap "00".
It must be the fact that I don't ever let Mobil 0W40 touch the car, except for an occasional squeak on a hinge or two.
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Son of a bitch! Why the hell do these insane threads pop up every 6 months??? Can't people utilize the f'in search function and read for days and see that thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread
SAY'S THE SAME DAMN THING!?!?!?!?!
I sure hope I am just in a horrible nightmare and will wake up.
Because I love pissing you off so you can post a "why post then anyway" in the thread. What is that you just provided that was useful?
Hey pot, this is the kettle calling....your black.
Geez, I can't always be giving great information. I gotta take a thread off here and there to stay sane.
I guess you missed this comment;
"Read some magazine and
internet forums
and you'll be frightened off buying an early 996 because you're led to believe that the engines will fail on you. In reality, though, there are tens of thousands of the cars out there that are running beautifully, and it's only a minority that have major problems
I know sh*t happens but, when it’s your engine that has to be replaced prematurely from an unknown and/or undisclosed failure you start to wonder. I said it once and I’ll say it again: it would be unacceptable for any sub $20,000 GM, Ford, Toyota, Honda, Dodge or Geo to have engine failure such as mine with only $69,000 miles much less a $70,000 Porsche that prides itself on high standards of quality.
Dell will experience a hell in this life....2 ways. First, if he has a daughter. Second, when he finds out that he has less time for track and that his edge at the track dissapears due to him now having a family to live for.
This is a statistical fact.
Dodged the first hurdle. I'm having a boy. Now for the track, I'll have to see about that. I'd like to think in my own dellusional world that both can coexist
I refuse to believe that.
Copyright infringement!!!
Not my comment. It came straight from the article that
you
posted.
I think it is very interesting to see which quote you chose to post out of the article. Furthermore it is interesting to see that you evidently consider the quote you posted to be accurate, but the quote I listed (from the very same article) is "denial".
Dell, so this thread isn't a complete waste of time, I feel duty bound to highlight your grammatical errors. Abuse of the apostrophe - it's Hail Marys not Hail Mary's (Mary's what??) - is a heinous crime and the grammatical equivalent of not doing a search before posting a question about 996s going pop.
And earlier on, I think you meant you're , not your - as in you are black, not your black.
I will be watching!
Cheers
Mark
I think that a public mea culpa is in order. The man is an academic, after all. This is the rhetorical equivalent of short-shifting his GT3. I'm just praying it was the result of passionate keystroking... my faith in humanity is taking a beating as it is these days.
Thanks for keeping an eye out for my mispellings in an informal internet forum
And so I can clarify for you, I intended to have lower case letters there. I am very aware of the intent of use of a word when upper or lower case. I had no intention of referring to "the" Mary.
And as for use of the apostrophe, sorry, but you are wrong in this case (well only 1/2 wrong). You say a "hail mary" and if you say many of them you say marys or mary's. Both are accepted in the English vernacular. Your way is the more common, mine is the acceptable alternative. I made sure to run that by one of my relative's that is an english teacher
No need for him to apologize as I assume he was joking. Oh my Lord, I go give a lecture and come back to the end of days here! hehehe. Ah, how I love this place
What would give you that idea?
Dell I stand corrected (on one point at least) - although it's not vernacular here in England (see
http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/
). However, it's a strange and continually evolving language and we may catch up with you soon.
Here's hoping.
Mark (no English teacher, just an Englishman)
Was shocked by that apostrophe thing. The misuse of apostrophes to signify plurals as opposed to possessives is, like, positively hillbilly around here...
You get life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and this is what you do with it?
As the original poster was asking about potential issues and their possible relation to the year of manufacture, it seemed to provide a 3rd party perspective on the exact question asked.
The quote specifically talked about years of manufacture - hence it was most relevant.
Not sure why that would cause you an issue?
Add to that the fact that I posted the link to allow anyone to read the full articles for themselves, giving them access to all opinions and information this contained.
Sorry if the content concerned you.
I feel like I'm missing our on this exploding 996 crap. I went out and bought one just so I can join the club. I got me a '99 so it should really let loose next week
I'll take my tongue out of my cheek now.
On the way back from the airport, a limo driver recently told me I was the last passenger in his Lincoln. He was retiring it with 1.5 million kms on it. Changed the oil once a week.
I think that cars like to be driven. The idea that putting miles on a car shortens its life is ridiculous. Entropy rules, no matter what you do. Driving the heck out of a car and taking care of it is the best value for your entropy dollar, IMHO.
I also think that it stands to reason that where you are concerned about a design flaw in an engine, the more miles that go by without a problem the lower the reasonable chance that you'll have one. That's certainly the conventional wisdom among the more level headed experts in the 996 world.
My attorney bought an 05 997S and at 3,000 miles a bolt came off inside the engine, and the whole engine had to be replaced. No problems since the replacement.
