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Massive mechanical failure. Not a good day...

mskunert said:
Amazing story with a hopefully happy ending. As someone who is considering a 997 it has certainly opened my eyes somewhat and I will be very careful in how I proceed. What year did the 997.2 get produced and can I assume that all the engine weaknesses have been addressed?? Just for your info I too had an engine failure which occurred in an S2000 so VTEC engines are not perfect either. Enjoy the car when you get it back :D

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Have a look at Hartech's invaluable buyer's guide, free download. You will find all the answers you need there. :thumb:
 
So....after 10 weeks and 6 days since my engine let go, I have finally collected my car!! WOO HOO!!! :cloud9: :Dance-Tap:

The bonnet, front bumper and chin spolier have all been resprayed, and to an exceptional standard, I have a perfectly fitted new windscreen and most importantly of all, I have a brand spanking new engine and clutch!

Total cost to me, £1,403. That was £1,338 to OPC Byfleet for their labour in stripping down the failed engine to find out what went wrong and £65 to Swiftcover for my windscreen excess.

All other costs were picked up by the dealer that I bought the car from back on 26th November last year. Take a bow, Sunningdale Motors. :thumb:

Whilst not a Porsche specialist (they normally deal in used Bentley / Rolls & Jag) they have been around since 1919, and I guess I'm lucky that they're reputable as the warrranty company weren't going to cough and they could've made me drag them through the courts.

Don't get me wrong. I don't think they've really done me any favours, they've just done the right thing. And at times it's been a bloody nightmare! I dealt with a guy called Normal there, who's a nice enough chap, but never returned my emails and often said he'd call me back and didn't. They damaged my car, they let me pick it up with too much oil, not enough coolant and a cracked windscreen first time round - but we've got there in the end.

I've taken the car for 60 trouble free miles tonight and to be fair, as well as looking like new at the front, it feels as tight as a drum. Running it in for 2,000 miles at less than 4,500 rpm is going to be painful, but I'll get there.

There is one major outstanding issue, which is that I don't have the paperwork for the engine yet - Norman's accounts lady has it and she's not in until Monday - but he assures me that it's all there and if not I can call Porsche GB in Reading (who organised the new engine) and they can provide the relevant documentation (which is also the 2 year warranty).

I still want to get the car checked over, but I think I'll do that once I've run it in as it'll need an oil change then anyway, so I'll drop it into my local OPC (Porsche Byfleet) in a few weeks for that. Gutted that I'm off to the US on Saturday for a week on business.....I'd rather be racking up the miles.

So sod the wasted train ticket, the traffic, the congestion charge, the extra time it'll take and the extortionate parking...I'm driving to work tomorrow!! :thumbs:
 
Good for you mate! :thumb: Welcome to the engine replacement and rebuild club! I have finally run mine in, and had the oil changed at Paragon today. Man that drive home was fun! I gave it ALL the beanz :lol:

See you at Warp speed and congratulations again, the wait is finally worth it. :thumbs:
 
Congratulations, very happy for you :thumbs:
 
Congratulations! You must be so utterly relieved to get your baby back on the road.
 
Congrats, what a result, new engine for less than the price of a clutch and respray...

Sunningdale always has some nice cars out front, maybe I'll check them out next time I'm passing (grew up there).

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Well if you watching the thread Sunningdale well done to you for being so upstanding.
Enjoy the car JFB and happy motoring.
 
im glad it sorted and you are happy!
Also Congrats to the supplying Dealer -Im sure in the long run they will more than cover the costs with the extra customers they will win from this situation
 
TurboSandGT4 said:
im glad it sorted and you are happy!
Also Congrats to the supplying Dealer -Im sure in the long run they will more than cover the costs with the extra customers they will win from this situation

I bet you hadn't noticed this story actually happened 10 years ago. :grin:

For the record jfb put the car up for sale soon after and must have sold it as he hasn't posted on 911uk since.
 
Just read the first post and surprised how little that price of a car like this has changed in 10 years.

I'd imagine the same car would be very similar money today.
 
buttertubs said:
Just read the first post and surprised how little that price of a car like this has changed in 10 years.

I'd imagine the same car would be very similar money today.

This is a crazy thought.
Although a tale from 10 years ago I wonder how many others have been through a similar scenario since...
 
Poor jfb, dream destroyed, even if he came out of this quite well in the end.

We had a sudden piston failure on 5½ year old car with 69k km and FSH (not the Porsche) last spring. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer would take any responsibilty, or provide any goodwill contribution, even if it was clearly a quality issue with the OE Mahle piston skirt. I ended up paying for a full engine rebuild although fortunately the head and block were OK and it cost over 6000eur.

The dealer was charging 150eur/hr for the strip down (which is more than the 119eur/hr that I'm charged for my 997!) so I took the car away and had the engine rebuilt by an independent with upgraded pistons.

It's ironic that this was our newest car, bought from new too. Apparently ***** happens.
 

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