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The repair isn't all that expensive, the part is cheap, and its about 2-3 hours labor for a skilled person to do it...
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My mechanic is advising that I have a leak in the air oil separator and that it be replaced, which apparently is a very expensive repair. My car is a 1999 996 cabriolet with 40K miles on it; I'm the original owner. The car runs great and I have no smoke coming out of the exhaust. As you can surmise, it's not driven that often. I took it in because the convertible top stopped working and told him to go over the car since it's not serviced that often; the check engine light was on and he found a problem with the vacuum reservoir which has been fixed.
Any recommendations on what I should do? My inclination is to just wait for something else to go wrong and which requires getting that deep into the engine, then do them both at once.
I would not wait - the consequences are too dangerous.
Please replace it with the UAOS, it's upgraded and you won't ever have to replace it again. Search this forum for "UAOS", it's about $400 if I remember correctly.
A failed air/oil separator can (worst case) cause catastrophic engine failure.
The repair isn't all that expensive, the part is cheap, and its about 2-3 hours labor for a skilled person to do it...
Thanks, I'm definitely not getting a quote that looks like 2-3 hours of labor and a cheap part.
I have another guy that I normally take the car to who's super-experienced but he wasn't available for the convertible top repair as he's on his own and backed up with work. I'll look up UAOS on the forum and then get him involved.
