memorexedbs

I am looking into a 1987 944s for a possible daily driver. The prospective car has "bearing salad" in the oil filter and has low oil pressure. Would the engine need to be rebuilt? If so I am clueless to where or how to rebuild a 944s engine. Any information/opinions would be helpful.

Chris_924s

Man o man- how common is this?? This is the 4th I've heard of in the last few weeks..

You may want to cross post on the "s" board as well.

phantom309

Without knowing anything else about the car, or your skills as a mechanic, I'd say avoid it like the plague.

944s aren't worth that much and there's a lot of them around - given that parts for them are horribly expensive and they are not especially easy to work on, it pays to buy the best example you can afford - and it's easy to find really nice N/A models for cheap.

The S is a delightful car but it isn't that much faster than the 8v model, and the head is, shall we say, "delicate". I love mine, though.

Jay W

I have heard that metal shavings in the oil could be from the timing chain sprockets wearing. Someone here with an S said he saw metal in the oil when he changed it over the course of months, then the sprockets stripped out. I have seen this metal in mine as well but I have not seen the sprocket wear yet. As far as performance, I dont see much difference from an 8v until I hit 3500 rpm. Up there it has more torque than the 8v.