996T Age takes it's toll

cheshire911 · 11 Apr 2018

Cost less than £1200 for all that?

wasz · 11 Apr 2018

Marky911 said:
Again as said you can source parts etc and do some of the easier jobs yourself. If you can't diy then unfortunately these cars cost a fortune to keep nice.

I shudder to think how much I'd have in mine if I gave every job to a specialist, bodyshop, interior guy etc.

Its exactly the same for ANY 15+ year old car. I don't know why people are so surprised that Porsche is any different.

Theres a reason why you don't see very many cars on the road that are over 15 years, its because the labour to fix them is more than they are worth.

People go misty eyed over their Porsche and shell out for it (me included). Of course it helps that its worth more than £1k.

Paul_911 · 12 Apr 2018

The way we treat are Turbo is that we roughly take on one 'big job' each year alongside its annual service. A couple of years ago we overhauled the brake pipes followed by the suspension and then last year we had the Turbos refurbished along with all the exhaust brackets etc which shed a couple of grand very easy but it was worth doing - I was always very conscious of being faced with a list like the above - all you can do is work through it. The good thing about these car rising in value is that we all free a little more comfortable about investing in them - it's easier to spend £2K on a £35-40K car than a £25K one if that makes sense - it was the man maths I used anyway.

As others have said there is most definitely a premium to the up keep of a Turbo over and above a normally aspirated car.

Frenchmeister · 14 Apr 2018

Pickse,when are you at Spa, I am going to the classic over the weekend of the 20th ( in my BMW)

Pickse · 14 Apr 2018

Frenchmeister said:
Pickse,when are you at Spa, I am going to the classic over the weekend of the 20th ( in my BMW)

Same here, we're going out on Friday the 18th with Longers (Fasttrack Tours) staying at Hotel Verviers.
I'll pm you my mobile so we can stay in touch.

I'll also bring a mirror on a stick so everyone can admire my new turbos :lol:

Pickse · 14 Apr 2018

Paul_911 said:
The way we treat are Turbo is that we roughly take on one 'big job' each year alongside its annual service.

I think this is a very sensible approach.
This year I'm doing the Turbos, brake lines and leaks.
Suspension next time.

plynchy · 14 Apr 2018

I'm interested to see which route you take with the turbos.

Upgrading or refurbing?

New units are ~£3k each from memory, pretty sure you can get a refurb for 10-20% of that cost.

As others have said, in one go all that would be a very costly job, but spread out over a couple of years it's not so bad.

Pickse · 14 Apr 2018

The problem with the Turbos is corrosion of the body apparently.
The near side one has a hole in and the offside is not far behind and needs a new actuator very soon.
The nearside:

An upgrade is tempting but I'm a bit stretched with other things at the mo so I'll be going with a pair of refurbed std turbos.
I did the rads & condensers last year so maybe after I've done the suspension and the callipers, which are next, i'll give 9E a call and see what we can do.

plynchy · 14 Apr 2018

I'd be going for refurb as/when mine decide to die.

I changed the air-con rads 2 years ago, new pair for £99. At that price I consider them consumable.

356D · 14 Apr 2018

plynchy said:
I'm interested to see which route you take with the turbos.

Upgrading or refurbing?

The list of maintenance items above seems pretty standard.

I have just refurbished my turbos due to corrosion and low boost.

I used TDI-turbos in Dorset. https://en-gb.facebook.com/TDi-Turbos-634884833251922/

This was based on recommendations from a few of the big names in 996 Turbos. Despite sending them off before the big snow they still got turned around in a week and arrived back in Scotland before I did having been stranded in London. Cost was about £1400 for both incl. VAT. They basically replaced everything apart from the aluminium housing...

Given this I can't see the sense in buying new ones at double the cost.

Although a friend found an interesting set of K24s on ebay which look like a cheap but potentially risky option...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/K24-Pors...702619?hash=item3d3249cd9b:g:7o0AAOSwopRYlUcR

plynchy · 14 Apr 2018

I think those turbos have been discussed on here before.

£900 for a pair really is too good to be true.

Chocolate impellors springs to mind. :?:

chriscoates81 · 14 Apr 2018

That does seem cheap, I replaced one of mine with a return for about 850 or so (just the turbo cost).

ragpicker · 14 Apr 2018

Once upon a time I did look at learning to build turbochargers. The individual bits aren't very expensive at all and there's a lot of mark-up on turbos.

I wonder if that eBay seller would give you the info on what bearings/impellers etc they've used :?:

plynchy · 14 Apr 2018

I think the assembling is fairly straightforward. It's the balancing that's tricky.

sim996 · 14 Apr 2018

Get under there yourself and look at the brackets, supports etc. I've been powder coating a few of mine and replaced non structural bolts with stainless.

The whole rear bracketry for the intercoolers needed doing on mine and I feel better for doing it. It's a nice ongoing project and its pretty cheap when you find a good local bloke to do it. I'm on first name terms with my local guy

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