2002 Porsche 996 Engine failures

[n4das]

My 1999 porsche 996 c2 trip, has just "blown" its engine. It was serviced from new at one of the Porsche centres here (stratstone wilmslow) and after the last service (end of May 2004) having covered 30,000 miles from new it went up in white smoke. The Porsche centre is unwilling to find out the caue of the problem and wishes to replace the engine at £10,000 +++. Porsche unwilling to help. Can anyone tell me how to go about this especially the bill

[n4das]

I have set up an email address penteluk@yahoo.com please send me the details of your car and please get others that you know to do the same. I need all those that have had total engine replacements

what i need to know is

1. The reg of car and date of first reg so that we are not acused of making up the numbers

2. The mileage and how many years old the car was when it failed.

3. What the technical problem that caused the failure eg cylinder cracked

4. How much it cost you

5. offers and time scale from Porsche eg i was first offered £0 by Porsche GB the £800 a week later

6 If you had to fist pay for the technical inspection

I will try to get an electronic profoma but just mail me at that address. Its real and i am serious about getting this going

[busa_4]

hello all. porsche technicion here. i know all of you are pissed about the insane amount of engine replacements. yes it does suck but you have to understand porsche is the only car line that is still owned by porsche and no one else so they dont have the money as the bigger car lines. porsche is a stubborn car company and it takes a miracle to get them to change a design. i have replaced many engines failing from the same problem and the only thing porsche wants us to do is remove the complete engine and ship it back to germany so they can examine it. they are trying but they are breaking faster than they can fix them. the problem they have been having on earlier 996"s and boxsters is the engine casting was poorly made and some vehicles where experiencing cylinder sleeves breaking loose from the block causing the engine to explode itself and lockup rendering it only good for a boat anchor. they managed to get that solved. the other common problem was the intermediate shaft bearing (located on the flywheel side of engine under the crankshaft) was failing. you would here a grinding noise for a while until the bearing couldnt handle it anymore and the engine would die. this caused damage to internal parts and the block was being filed away when there was no more bearing left. it sucks but they are replacing engines until they can come up with a fix. they probably already found one and it is being applied to the replacement engine. there is no way to determine which vehicle will have the concerns.

[glenncof]

I have a 1985 911 I got from the factory at 17K miles and now has 155K on it.

Good engine using one quart/1200 miles. Never opened.

Transmission is another issue. Major overhaul three times. When clutch was replaced it was dated 1986 so Porsche must have replaced it before I did.

Reading the posts here is SCARY even if I were a doctor !!!

[Shion]

can i put engine 996 twin turbo to 996 non turbo

[neo the hacker]

Its a common problem in 996 and boxster engines in the uk. Its the liners that lift on them, boom, its dead. but porsche will not admit that they have a problem. Its the same fault the 7 series BMW's had in the early 90's, but they agreed they had a problem and kept there reputation. If porsche don't admit this there gonna be in the s**t.

[dieter delanote]

hello, got a 996 from 1997 100.000 km ;engine needs to be replaced, who has had this problem ; crack in engine coolant leakage from right
tailpipe,need as much info as possible as quick as possible,please help
ddelanote@vereenooghe.mercedes-benz.be

[Jaguar D-Type]

Originally Posted by Shion

can i put engine 996 twin turbo to 996 non turbo

Yes.

The 996 Turbo uses a racing-derived engine. It uses dry-sump lubrication and they don't suffer from RMS (rear main seal) leaks like the regular 996, Boxster, and now 997 models do.

[Villebrequin]

My engine also suddenly failed on my Porsche 911 2002 (always well maintained), i am out warranty now (48,000 miles). Some of you in this threads mentioned that Porsche was aware of this failure and was replacing engines.
A few questions I have:
Is it an acknowledged problem by Porsche and are they ready to take on the cost? Has anyone here gone through this experience and got Porsche to help.

Thanks for any insights.

-B

[996BlueLemon]

Does anyone else experienced RMS or other engine, cooling issue on 996 or Boxster? How about transmission, battery, spoiler? I would like to know how badly spread problems these are, because I had them all and very frustrated.
Thank you all in advance for huge responses.

[vectorspecialist]

engine's on the 996 were prone to failure because it was the first wet sump motors in the 911. they didnt design it properly, and when using the car too much, it puts wear and tear on it, causing the total failure of the engine. porsche's way of fixing this problem is replacing the motor. however when done the dealers are supposed to use new motors, some however, are lazy and just install used motors. it's also the reason that 996's are cheap compared even to a 993. that and 996's are incredibly common.

this is y the 996 turbo's and gt3's have good motors, they used race derived motors, therefor used dry sump, something porsche knows very well

[ebrinkley]

last thursday lost the engine to a 2004 c4s with 56,500 miles. it quietly lost power and subsequently would not turn over. no warnings on the dash signals prior to the failure. no leaking immediately, but over time lost much of it's oil.
purchased new (single owner) and serviced on schedule. never tracked. used for commuting. pepe porsche of white plains, ny explained it was the shaft connecting the engine and the transmission, so i'm not sure it's the intermediate shaft bolt referred to in many comments above (but i presume it is).
based on what seems to be a statistically relevant number of engine failures of same sort, i'd say we have a trend.

[Rayman1963]

My 2004 Porshe 996 with only 20K mi. failed yesterday. Dealer says they will have to replace the engine but Porsche requires them to run a computer diagnostic before they will decide on any financial assistance. I have not been informed as to the cause of the failure but it was preceded by loud metal clanking sounds followed by a check engine light and a drive to repair facility warning. Didn't make it the mile to my house before all the warning lights came on and the car lost all power. Is there any class action suit on this? Is there any recourse if Porsche does not offer to pay?

[kvolkan]

Same thing happened to my 98 boxster. This a widespread problem for the 97-98 years with some failures into 99. The engines failed because the cyl bores were not true so they stuck liners in. These were prone to popping out which resulted in catastrophic engine failure. This happened to my 98 boxster at 34k miles while driving along at 45mph w no warning. The Porsche dealer did disassemble the engine here. I had an aftermarket warranty which covered the disassembly and replacement w a used 98 engine (6k). I kept calling the dealer and regional manager everyday until they agreed to kick in 5k towards a new engine. I was out of pocket 1.5k which was ok since the new engine supposedly wouldn't have the problem. Yet I had no way of knowing if the new engine had the liners and this bugged me enough that traded the car in for a g35 infinity - a great car that has had zero problems with 90k on the clock. A friend had a 99 boxster with 80k who had the same problem so it was not just low mileage engines as has been commonly reported. I was thinking of getting a 996 but this thread is convincing me not to. I had been told the 996 cars were better than the boxsters and had better engines. sorry to hear this isn't true...