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997 Exchange Engine - Any thoughts?

PH07OKM

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I have just been notified that my 997 C2S Tip which I purchased in June 2008 has bore damage due to a broken piston ring. The car is under specialist warranty not Porsche warranty. The warranty company is prepared to pay for the ring damage and the dealer is prepared to reline the bore however it has been suggested that for a little extra (which I am being asked to pay!) it maybe worth considering an exchange engine from Porsche. It has covered 48000 miles on the current engine.

I therefore have two options

1. Reline the bore
2. Get an exchange engine from Porsche.

The replacement engine has a 2 year guarantee from Porsche, which is attractive, however I am not sure how this will affect the future value and desirability of my car. Is this going to be a stigma? or should I have the bore relined?

Does anyone have experience of this. I'm not sure what to do, so any advice would be helpful

Many thanks in advance :?:
 
nothing wrong with a fresh engine, no reason why that effect the future value of the car, I assume it will be a new engine ?
 
I wouldn't have a problem buying a 911 that has a new engine fitted by porsche.
 
Personally, unless the additional cost is horrendous, I would go for the new engine. You don't say how old your 997 is, but 48k is very high mileage for a car that's max 4 years old and something else could easily go wrong.
Spend the dosh and take the two year warranty.

Clive
 
I would go for the new engine !
 
Who's the garage?
How's he going to re-line the bore?
 
I'd go for the new engine too........................
 
New engine any day rather than one that's going to be tinkered with and may fail later on (again).

~ Maxie
 
i'd go for new engine as some one says re line a bore? do they mean changing the crank halves which when you cost both jobs up there was never much between the costings..
 

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