Has your Turbo Trans given you any problem? (Post in this thread)
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I tried to make a thread like this before and didn't get that much action.
I am trying to see what some commons issues with the 944 turbo trans are. I believe some bearings are going. Trans has supposedly 60,000 miles on it. Leaks oil as well. Quite a bit actually. Could have been run low on oil for a while.
Info to include would be: Year, Mileage, What issue its having/had? and also what kind of noises it made.
Thanks in advance,
Jeff
I am trying to see what some commons issues with the 944 turbo trans are. I believe some bearings are going. Trans has supposedly 60,000 miles on it. Leaks oil as well. Quite a bit actually. Could have been run low on oil for a while.
Info to include would be: Year, Mileage, What issue its having/had? and also what kind of noises it made.
Thanks in advance,
Jeff
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Mine hasn't blown up yet but it makes an awful whine on accel or decel. 86 Turbo, stock, TMU (broken odo when I got it) but believed to be about 87k based on Carfax reporting.
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Mine whines when coasting in low gears but I think it's mostly because my PO put in a Fidanza flywheel. Otherwise, the trans is tight and responsive, no leaks. My car has about 94k.
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I have been through a few and fixed a few for others as well. I have proken the R&P once blown one open diff and repaired one messed up gear set from a high speed missed gear by a track guy.
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i broke second gear i think from power shifting and going sidways. i have a solid mount so i hear every little noise that the trans, engine, tt and so on make.
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My 3rd gear pinon cracked a several years ago and I had the box rebuilt locally with new parts from Porsche. Car now has 136K km and counting.
Broken 3rd Gear in 951 Box
Broken 3rd Gear in 951 Box
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Second gear synchro is bad in mine, but it has 254000 miles on it (not sure that is 100% accurate though as I have no documentation on it prior to my ownership). Other than that, it is just a little difficult to get in reverse when it is cold out, but that may b e resolved by changing the oil.
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Actually, my fidanza is dead silent at idle as well. I'm just curious what made choinga think a flywheel on the motor at the front of the car would cause whine from the tranny at the back of the car. Didn't make any sense to me at all.
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Yeah, it was whining a little bit before it busted and then it got a little louder before it finally busted, but a couple days before that it wouldn't go into 4th or 5th gear. Don't know if the issues were related as I had just gotten the car a few days before.