Joined: 03 Jun 2014 Posts: 303 Location: Orpington, Kent
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 6:48 am Post subject: PPI - is a Borescope check essential?
Found a car I like and wanted Essex Porsche Inspection's to carry out the PPI but seeing their process they say they don't do a Borescope check.
How essential is it to have that done as part of a PPI?
I thought when I had one done with Porsche Inspection's, I'm pretty sure they did carry one out. _________________ 996 X50 Turbo ... Sold
987 2.7 ... Sold
996 C2 ... on the hunt for one
kas750 Reims
Joined: 31 Mar 2013 Posts: 4431 Location: Chorley lancashire
You'd be mad to purchase a 3.6 without one. _________________ 2000 Manual 996 C4 Arctic Silver Convertible
ursicles Spa-Francorchamps
Joined: 03 Jun 2014 Posts: 303 Location: Orpington, Kent
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 7:26 am Post subject:
Checked my last Porsche Inspection's report and I was wrong - they don't do Borescope check either as too invasive.
What I might do is the Essex check and when the seller takes the car to be serviced at a specialist, have the Borescope check done then. _________________ 996 X50 Turbo ... Sold
987 2.7 ... Sold
996 C2 ... on the hunt for one
Tobyone Spa-Francorchamps
Joined: 20 Jan 2018 Posts: 275 Location: Somewhere else
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 7:37 am Post subject:
kas750 wrote:
If you only do one thing then do that.
Yeah I agree _________________ 997.1 C4s GT Silver, factory Aerokit
heed Newbie
Joined: 24 Jan 2019 Posts: 34
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 7:39 am Post subject:
When I was looking at a car near (I think) Brooklands OPC, they said it would be an extra £600 to do a borescope due to the “hours of labour”.
Ridiculous.
In the end I bought a car near enough to my local Indy. Borescope cost an extra £120...
Get a borescope, don’t be too concerned if there is some minor scuffing on a couple of cylinders on a high mileage example. Just make sure someone reputable does it that knows what to look for in the images. _________________ '04 996 C4S, arctic silver, graphite grey
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