My 996 engine went 'pop', then dumped all its oil !!
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Started the car at station car park a couple of days ago and heard a loud 'pop' as I was slowly pulling away. Thought a tyre had blown, as the steering went really heavy suddenly. As I pulled in to another parking bay - loads of smoke from engine and then noticed the oil all over the car park floor as I got out.
Still being looked at by OPC. At least I have a warranty and Porsche Assist were very quick with recovery/replacement car.
Very pissed off as the car had just (a week ago) got back from repairs - water pump, oil separator and spark plug tubes!
I suppose it may be an intermediate shaft failure. Hopefully they give me a new engine. Could a cock-up during the earlier repairs have led to this, or am I just unlucky?
Still being looked at by OPC. At least I have a warranty and Porsche Assist were very quick with recovery/replacement car.
Very pissed off as the car had just (a week ago) got back from repairs - water pump, oil separator and spark plug tubes!
I suppose it may be an intermediate shaft failure. Hopefully they give me a new engine. Could a cock-up during the earlier repairs have led to this, or am I just unlucky?
To be fair though it might not have been a 'cock up,' just a case of something that was hanging on by the skin of it's teeth in the first place being put under higher pressures or strains due to the new parts and finally giving up the ghost. Not got any facts of figures to back it up but I’d say that the majority of mechanical failures on any car, or other complex product, occur within a very short space of time from when someone last had their fingers prodding it.
16610LV said:
Very pissed off as the car had just (a week ago) got back from repairs - water pump, oil separator and spark plug tubes!
Could a cock-up during the earlier repairs have led to this, or am I just unlucky?
feeling for you mate, I hope you dont find out its a similiar case of what happend to me, OPC work, didnt screw somthing back on right, 2 weeks later pop bang and the dealer principle held his hand in the air, shaking his head muttering the words "not my problem"
hope you get it fixed up soon.
UPDATE - It turns out that the problem was a massive power steering fluid leak and not engine oil at all! Could have fooled me (from the amount of smoke seeming to come out of the engine)! Anyway, that explains why the steering went very heavy straight after the popping sound.
They've ordered new parts, etc. Under warranty of course.
So, the engine is fine!! Good news, as I had always been impressed by how strongly it pulled, with very little oil useage.
They've ordered new parts, etc. Under warranty of course.
So, the engine is fine!! Good news, as I had always been impressed by how strongly it pulled, with very little oil useage.
16610LV said:
UPDATE - the problem was a massive power steering fluid leak.
Glad to hear nothing too serious or costly then.
This stuff seems to me to be very wierd. My old Audi dumped it's entire reservoir one night, with no apparent leaks or reason, filled it back up with new stuff and never had a problem in the 10k odd miles i did in it before i sold it.
benaldo said:
Just my 'engine failure' left then.....
Well done on the positive outcome - did they say how much it would have cost if you didn't have the warranty ? It's always good to know if the warranty paid for itself or not.
Well done on the positive outcome - did they say how much it would have cost if you didn't have the warranty ? It's always good to know if the warranty paid for itself or not.
...best of luck with your issue too! I'll ask the OPC about the cost of the required repairs to my car. Thing is, the fluid that came out all over the car park was black and fairly thick looking - certainly didn't look like power steering fluid to me!
Maybe the OPC is covering up a botched earlier oil separator repair with this story?! Or can PS fluid look like engine oil?
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