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Posting as a worried son...
My dad bottomed out his 996 C4S last week in the craters they call potholes in Toronto - he went out of town (without car) and when he returned the whole garage floor was covered in oil. 996 dry as a bone...
Getting towed to our local Inde. Wish us luck!
It's a good thing you spotted the oil on the garage floor.
The potholes in Ontario were remarkable this year. I've never seen worse. Kingston's approach to the problem was especially telling:
So many years ago I had a SAAB turbo and I had the same thing happen although I stopped immediately after the impact and watched the oil drain out of my oil pan. I had hit a pipe that was sticking out of a cobblestone street just "right". The oil drain plug had been ripped out of the aluminum oil pan. I found a shop that specialized in corvettes that was willing to weld a new drain plug receptacle into the bottom of the pan while still on the car (the pan did not have a removable bottom like our Porsches). Problem fixed.
Its a good thing the oil was still in the engine as your dad drove it home...
Try the engine protection skid plate. Not sure if it'll work if the potholes are the size of craters, lol.
http://www.suncoastparts.com/product...EXHAUST36.html
Ends up had a small crack in the oil pan - they had a used one at their shop in perfect condition - looks like it'll only be a couple hundred to fix her up again! PHEW!!
Tell me about it - any more serious and I think he would have fixed it and sold it for fear of next major incident. He loves driving it too much - so hopefully he'll keep it for a while!
(I think the oil cost more than the part)
