Just thought I'd share my recent experience with the board.
I went out for a drive in my car last weekend and after a few miles I could just hear a faint rattling from the engine. It sounded almost like a clip or bolt loose on say the exhaust. Then before I could do anything all the panic lights came up on the dash and I lost complete power. The engine cut out and I coasted onto the hard shoulder.
I rang Porsche Assist and about an hour later the RAC turned up to check the car out. They then called for the recovery truck to take us and the car home. So all was good and about 3 hours after initially breaking down we were home safe and sound.
RAC took the car to their secure compound and were excellent in every way and even covered up the number plates and put on the wheel protectors before strapping it down. Also Porsche Assist were brilliant and kept us informed of what was happening during the whole process.
Porsche Assist picked the car up from RAC and took it to my local dealers in Bolton and that day I got a phone call to say that the engine had suffered an intermediate thingymajig failure which meant it required a new engine. Porsche called me later to confirm that the engine had been ordered and was covered under warranty. They said that the engine would probably take 5 days to get to the dealers and then they would have to fit it within 48hrs of receiving it.
I got the car back and delivered to me on Monday and they took the shiny new Mercedes ML320CDi back that they loaned me. They had installed a fully dressed brand new engine including new alternator, air con compressor and all ancillaries. I was surprised to see that everything was new. I would have thought they would have taken off the original things and refitted them to the new engine.
I was told that I needed to change the Engine number with DVLA and that the engine gets 6hrs running in at Porsche. I've done another 7hrs of gentle driving in it since getting it back on Monday and all seems well. The engine starts better and bursts into life, it also runs much smoother than the other and sounds totally different. When I get to about 3500rpm the sound changes and the engine seems to gain another extra 100bhp and really tries to go for it but I change up very swiftly to keep the revs down during running in. I can't wait until it is run in but the Porsche book quotes 1836 miles I think
It will be worth it though.
Has anyone else had a recent engine change and noticed such a big difference? The old engine had a linear power delivery throughout the rev range and sounded totally different.
All in all it has been a pleasureable easy experience unlike some horror stories I've heard and read about. So a big thanks to all concerned for an amazing service and all the people at Bolton OPC for a very quick turn around.
The car is a 996 2005 build date C4S and had covered just 13,361 miles.
Cheer all, Marco
Migration info. Legacy thread was 124707
I went out for a drive in my car last weekend and after a few miles I could just hear a faint rattling from the engine. It sounded almost like a clip or bolt loose on say the exhaust. Then before I could do anything all the panic lights came up on the dash and I lost complete power. The engine cut out and I coasted onto the hard shoulder.
I rang Porsche Assist and about an hour later the RAC turned up to check the car out. They then called for the recovery truck to take us and the car home. So all was good and about 3 hours after initially breaking down we were home safe and sound.
RAC took the car to their secure compound and were excellent in every way and even covered up the number plates and put on the wheel protectors before strapping it down. Also Porsche Assist were brilliant and kept us informed of what was happening during the whole process.
Porsche Assist picked the car up from RAC and took it to my local dealers in Bolton and that day I got a phone call to say that the engine had suffered an intermediate thingymajig failure which meant it required a new engine. Porsche called me later to confirm that the engine had been ordered and was covered under warranty. They said that the engine would probably take 5 days to get to the dealers and then they would have to fit it within 48hrs of receiving it.
I got the car back and delivered to me on Monday and they took the shiny new Mercedes ML320CDi back that they loaned me. They had installed a fully dressed brand new engine including new alternator, air con compressor and all ancillaries. I was surprised to see that everything was new. I would have thought they would have taken off the original things and refitted them to the new engine.
I was told that I needed to change the Engine number with DVLA and that the engine gets 6hrs running in at Porsche. I've done another 7hrs of gentle driving in it since getting it back on Monday and all seems well. The engine starts better and bursts into life, it also runs much smoother than the other and sounds totally different. When I get to about 3500rpm the sound changes and the engine seems to gain another extra 100bhp and really tries to go for it but I change up very swiftly to keep the revs down during running in. I can't wait until it is run in but the Porsche book quotes 1836 miles I think
It will be worth it though.Has anyone else had a recent engine change and noticed such a big difference? The old engine had a linear power delivery throughout the rev range and sounded totally different.
All in all it has been a pleasureable easy experience unlike some horror stories I've heard and read about. So a big thanks to all concerned for an amazing service and all the people at Bolton OPC for a very quick turn around.
The car is a 996 2005 build date C4S and had covered just 13,361 miles.
Cheer all, Marco
Migration info. Legacy thread was 124707
