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Check the other thread, it was an April's Fool joke.
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Here seconds count and 10 seconds of run time can cost 15,000 bucks.
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Got into my '99 Porsche C2 this am , started it up and a huge plume of smoke came out along with a nasty sound that I have never heard before. Oil on the garage floor,and the engine sound is similar to a tin can with marbles in it. So, I restarted the engine, more smoke and noise, even after revving the engine for 10 minutes or so. I drove it to work (35 miles) in the snow. My transmission is barely engaging any gear without crunching and the clutch is so hard to engage. Dash lights are blinking along with CEL and as I approached my office, I slid into my bosses new BMW and damaged my front end and his driver's side completely, and he witnessed the whole thing.
If its not an April fools joke, its going to be a bad day for this fellow.
Those are classic symptoms of an IMS failure and this car WAS capable of being saved with an IMS retrofit procedure if it had not been "Driven to Death".
If you hear noise, see smoke or have any misbehavior from the engine STOP, SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND DO NOT START IT AGAIN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. Have the engine looked at by someone who knows and understands the M96 and don't even allow them to start it for diagnosis.
Here seconds count and 10 seconds of run time can cost 15,000 bucks.
To have a day this bad it almost has to be an April Fools joke. I hope that it is, otherwise the original poster should be ringing us up ASAP.
Steve.... ya might want to call it a day - but be careful going home early..... ya know, when the wife isnt expecting you
funny, ya got me for a minute
