Hamblemark
Trainee
- Joined
- 22 Mar 2014
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I got my 996 serviced at OPC Portsmouth last week under the fixed price service they have.
Good service as always, plus the car gets a forensic examination. I also got a new 718 boxster s for the day. Lovely car, but not convinced by the 4T engine - hugely powerful, but sounded like a souped up Impreza, complete with anti lag bangs...
Anyhow, one of the things they identified was corrosion on the power steering rack - specifically the hard pipes. I had all the brake lines done last year because of corrosion, so I shouldn't be surprised. From my limited research this isn't uncommon (steel pipes into aluminium) and boxsters, 996's and 997s can suffer.
The price to fix from OPC was as you would expect eye watering, a combination of the time (@£145/hour) but also because they could only replace the entire rack (c.£1.7k).
I intend to speak to my Indy, but i would be interested if anyone else has had to address this, and if so what they did.
Looking online, you can buy replacement hard lines for £50 or so, or would you go down the route of reconditioned rack?
Advice and experiences appreciated!
Good service as always, plus the car gets a forensic examination. I also got a new 718 boxster s for the day. Lovely car, but not convinced by the 4T engine - hugely powerful, but sounded like a souped up Impreza, complete with anti lag bangs...
Anyhow, one of the things they identified was corrosion on the power steering rack - specifically the hard pipes. I had all the brake lines done last year because of corrosion, so I shouldn't be surprised. From my limited research this isn't uncommon (steel pipes into aluminium) and boxsters, 996's and 997s can suffer.
The price to fix from OPC was as you would expect eye watering, a combination of the time (@£145/hour) but also because they could only replace the entire rack (c.£1.7k).
I intend to speak to my Indy, but i would be interested if anyone else has had to address this, and if so what they did.
Looking online, you can buy replacement hard lines for £50 or so, or would you go down the route of reconditioned rack?
Advice and experiences appreciated!