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YOUR RESEARCHPreventative maintenance
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rubber bushes will be well
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- Control arms (Don't need to be done as preventative maintenance, but likely the rubber bushes will be well on their way out)
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Oh and in case it wasn't obvious - clean all the water drains in the car!
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Honestly, the cars are at an age where anything that has not been replaced could go at any moment.
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Not expensive to replace bad ones either, but could avoid you dumping your coolant everywhere.
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Bonnet gas struts - it might sound trivial, but I'm a big proponent of replacing these if they're worn.
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Having my clutch pipe fail due to corrosion on my 98 C2 996, and having seen Uncle Monty's excellent preventative steps on his, I was thinking what the most likely weak points are going to be on a 25-ish year old car that I should also be looking at?
Once you get to that age, with who knows what work done in that time, it can be difficult to say. However, I'd be looking at the following (in no particular order):
Brake lines - these are often rusted badly at this age. Obviously safety critical!
Coolant hoses - easy to check if you can get the car up. Not expensive to replace bad ones either, but could avoid you dumping your coolant everywhere.
Suspension - lots that can be done here, and potentially expensive, but can transform the handling of your car if it's never been done.
Bonnet gas struts - it might sound trivial, but I'm a big proponent of replacing these if they're worn. They're not expensive, they're an easy DIY and it can make using the bonnet/engine cover much more pleasant, and crucially, safer. Having the bonnet fall on your head hurts!
This is interesting, when you look at air cooled cars there’s tons of info and support out there because owners / specialists have been maintaining them for decades.
It feels to me like the 996 has started down that path, as more people get into them, like us, the more knowledge and resources will build for keeping this generation of 911 alive.
There’s some really great people on this forum who’ve already started doing exactly that.
Honestly, the cars are at an age where anything that has not been replaced could go at any moment. I just had to garage mine for 2 weeks for a failed window regulator waiting on the new part to arrive.
You could always take the car to a specialist for an assessment to check what they think will be needed to be done in the future, but common points will be:
- Brake lines
- Coolant hoses
- Radiators / AC Condensers
- Gearbox and diff seals
- Control arms (Don't need to be done as preventative maintenance, but likely the rubber bushes will be well on their way out)
- CV-boots
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