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When i took the front bumper off the corner scoops were full of crap which was rotting the rads away, no history of them being replaced before but I agree there is a design fault.
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In fact my wife used the crap that came out to pot up some plants, Great Compost!
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I too am useless, so 'radiator cleaning for dummies' would be good.
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I presume they're still on the car, I was going to suggest taking one off and have it tested in a radiator repair shop (there's usually one in every town) to find out if they have been punctured (which would suggest stones) or burst (which would point to a faulty/weak rad), they can order a new one for you at the same time.
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When i took the front bumper off the corner scoops were full of crap which was rotting the rads away, no history of them being replaced before but I agree there is a design fault.
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Porsche states that three leaking radiators on a 2003 996 with 18,000 careful miles is a 'after sales' problem and not a 'manufacturing defect'!
There are no visible stone chips on the bodywork so, if the radiators are being damaged by invisible flying objects, why are they not protected by a mesh behind the air intakes as on most other vehicles. This vehicle cost nearly £100,000 when new so surely at that price the radiators should be protected.
Porsche have just quoted approximately £2,500 (including fitting) to replace the three radiators!
Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Migration info. Legacy thread was 79486
Daz aka Speed Freak did not too long ago................and I think a few others have also experienced this too
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Old forum user Unidentified(11139) wrote:
My 996 has 90k on the clock, i've only had it a month myself and had to change one of the rads (rotted). When i took the front bumper off the corner scoops were full of crap which was rotting the rads away, no history of them being replaced before but I agree there is a design fault.
May i point out that the rads in the corners are hidden behind the aircon rads so it's unlikely they are getting damaged by flying stones! Just remember to stick your jetwash in the scoops to clean out the crap. Cost me £150 including the replacement rad to do it myself, very easy job, Chester OPC quoted £400 to change one rad.
Have you seen the faulty rads yourself? I presume they're still on the car, I was going to suggest taking one off and have it tested in a radiator repair shop (there's usually one in every town) to find out if they have been punctured (which would suggest stones) or burst (which would point to a faulty/weak rad), they can order a new one for you at the same time.
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are you under wtty?
if not, you should be able to get them done under goodwill,
phone Porsche Uk,
I will try and dig the number out later.
agreed cleaning inside bumpers a must.
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Guys - where exactly should we be cleaning inside the bumpers? I too am useless, so 'radiator cleaning for dummies' would be good.
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Old forum user Unidentified(11139) wrote:
OK, here's how i cleaned my intakes out:
If you kneel down in front of the car and look through the openings in the front bumper either side of the number plate you will see what looks like a silver radiator, this is in fact the aircon radiator and behind is the coolant radiatior (same both sides).
Now reach inside with your hand till you touch the aircon radiator and follow it to the outer edge bottom corner (far left for left side and far right for right side) if there is any debris you will feel it, you may even see it if you shine a torch down there.
If this hasn't been done for some years then there will be quite a build up of leaves, mud, rubbish etc which could be compacted so you need to loosen it up- but don't go stabbing around in there, be gentle!
Then just direct the jetwash nozzle in there and give it a blast, try not to point the nozzle directly at the rad, give it a few short blasts and the crap should fly out.
The crap in my intakes covered almost quarter of the radiator which i'm sure not only effected the cooling power but was also the cause of rotting the radiators, luckily I only had to replace one.
Now they're clean I can see a noticable difference in the position of the temperature gauge.
All good!
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Old forum user Unidentified(11139) wrote:
In fact my wife used the crap that came out to pot up some plants, Great Compost!
Thanks Porsche!
Migration info. Legacy thread was 79550
Nice to hear that you are still being called Daddy. My 7 year old daughter will only ever call me "Baddy" these days
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