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***Non-Turbo 996 owners - Please read - IMS DATA REQUIRED***

declandio said:
cobrars said:
comment: Full Hartech Rebuild at 65,000 after Porsche Dealer forgot to put oil in after a service, took for test drive and seized the engine.... :thumbs:

Which dealer was that? I'd love to book my next service with them, assuming they paid for the rebuild!


Ha, it's not that simple i'm afraid. I'm not 100% on which dealer it was so don't want to name on a public forum without checking. basically, Porsche dealer seized engine, believe it or not, rang customer and said car was knackerd and was nothing to do with them. After an 18 month legal battle, the dealer was ordered to reimburse customer..... By the end of it all the customer had a pocket full of cash, a car with no engine and a box of stripped down engine bits..... (engine was stripped for court case to prove engine had seized due to lack of oil) :judge:

Then it was off to Hartech...... :thumb:
 
cobrars said:
Ha, it's not that simple i'm afraid. I'm not 100% on which dealer it was so don't want to name on a public forum without checking. basically, Porsche dealer seized engine, believe it or not, rang customer and said car was knackerd and was nothing to do with them. After an 18 month legal battle, the dealer was ordered to reimburse customer..... By the end of it all the customer had a pocket full of cash, a car with no engine and a box of stripped down engine bits..... (engine was stripped for court case to prove engine had seized due to lack of oil) :judge:

Then it was off to Hartech...... :thumb:

That is frickin' APPALLING.

The sheer gall of the dealer to lie about it to that extent... You wonder whether it was just the 17 year old trainee tech who forgot to put the oil in and lied about it - everyone else believed him. Surely not though... This has to go right up to the management?! :eek:
 
segart said:
Not sure your mileage is correct Stasis. IMS replaced in 2003 at 90k miles? Car purchased in 2008 with 71k miles?
Rick
oops you are right should be ims at 2013, corrected below
date inputted: 05/02/16
member: stasis
model: 996.1.C2 tip
engine size: 3.4
purchase date: 1/05/2008
date registered: 06/01/98
mileage (at purchase): 71000
mileage (now): 96,000
bearing (orig./replacement): replaced in 2013 at 90k, had not failed, preventative only
failure data (if applicable):none
 
date inputted: 08/03/16
member: Paul Stevens64
model: 996 C4S
engine size: 3.6
purchase date: 15/06/2015
date registered: 15/09/2002
mileage (at purchase): 57,000
mileage (now):60,000
bearing (orig./replacement): Original. Checked in August when clutch replaced.
failure data (if applicable):none
 
stasis said:
segart said:
Not sure your mileage is correct Stasis. IMS replaced in 2003 at 90k miles? Car purchased in 2008 with 71k miles?
Rick
oops you are right should be ims at 2013, corrected below
date inputted: 05/02/16
member: stasis
model: 996.1.C2 tip
engine size: 3.4
purchase date: 1/05/2008
date registered: 06/01/98
mileage (at purchase): 71000
mileage (now): 96,000
bearing (orig./replacement): replaced in 2013 at 90k, had not failed, preventative only
failure data (if applicable):none

What did you replace it with because I was under the impression you couldn't get the original 1998 type dual row bearings any more?
 
date inputted: 08/03/16
member: Jamie©
model: 996 C4S
engine size: 3.6
purchase date: 13/11/2015
date registered: 07/10/2002
mileage (at purchase): 74,000
mileage (now):77,000
bearing (orig./replacement): unknown
failure data (if applicable):none
 
FWIW I think some of the comments are disingenuous .

Firstly, there are 1000's of Porsche owners/drivers who know nothing about any technical aspect of their car and never will - they drive it, end of. The poll alex started was an attempt to put an enthusiast perspective on the numbers and frequency - nothing more, nothing less.

The quoting of 'class action disclosure' is useless at best since it's only referring to what Porsche in the USA fixed and we know what OPC's do when stuff is apparently broken - they swap it.

Some of you guys are painful - seriously.
 
I'll give it a go Alex:

Date input: 15/03/16
Member: petero
Model: 996.2 C4
Engine: 3.6
Purchase Date: 05/03/2016
Date Registered: 18/03/2003
Mileage (at purchase): 130,800
Mileage (now): 131,000
Bearing (orig/replacement): N/A - Engine rebuilt on new Porsche short engine @ 125k due to piston/head/bore damage on one cylinder.
Failure Data: None
Comment: IMS bearing was fine on original engine and now has later type IMS which came with new block.
 
petero said:
I'll give it a go Alex:

Date input: 15/03/16
Member: petero
Model: 996.2 C4
Engine: 3.6
Purchase Date: 05/03/2016
Date Registered: 18/03/2013
Mileage (at purchase): 130,800
Mileage (now): 131,000
Bearing (orig/replacement): N/A - Engine rebuilt on new Porsche short engine @ 125k due to piston/head/bore damage on one cylinder.
Failure Data: None
Comment: IMS bearing was fine on original engine and now has later type IMS which came with new block.

Your registration date is incorrect my friend. When was it registered?

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Info for your survey Alex.

Date input: 03/04/16
Member: Steve Gom
Model: 996.1 C2
Engine: 3.4
Purchase Date: 03/05/2015
Date Registered: 27/11/1997
Mileage (at purchase): 91,500
Mileage (now): 95,400
Bearing (orig/replacement): Replacement
Failure Data: None
Comment: IMS bearing replaced by Jaz in Nov 2007 at 62,800 miles.
 
Just seen this thread:

date inputted: 05/04/16
member: Les
model: 9962 C2
engine size: 3.6
purchase date: 04/05/13
date registered: 10/09/02
mileage (at purchase): 71000
mileage (now): 79000
bearing (orig./replacement): Replacement
failure data (if applicable): Valve seat dropped destroyed engine
comment: Cold engine reversing out of garage. Total failure.


As soon as my bore score issues are felt with I'll update again.
 

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