Sharkbody

Great time interacting with everyone. You could have driven mine but will get the chance whenever you come in contact. You and your wife are great people and I enjoyed the interaction. Bring the Father in Law to the next event. He has no idea how much he participated. Tell him I'm in for a case of "Samsonite" Jewelry . Hope to see you both soon. Doreen and I will be at the October DE that PCA scheduled for Daytona. God bless. G

urnotthesameina928

Only thing I thankfully saw was a slightly leak from my steering rack because I reused my old copper washers after my install.. this was it thankfully..all my issues 2 days before the trip like 7 stripped out bolts due to previous owner or mechanic not taking the preventitive steps with antiseize on my tensioner mounting bolts and alternator mounting bolts and others not as critical were taken care of just in time. As for my friend Tarek he had the most and worst of mishaps so I am in no way going to complain with what I went through...

Sharky

Trouble on the way home on 81. Car stalled twice. Thanks to the help of the school of 9 sharks running together, I got going . First stall we swap fuel pump relay. Worked OK but stalled again about an hour later. This time we swap the LH relay. Car started up OK, but stalled again. We removed the cover to the fuel pump, and it was hot. Left the cover off and the car ran fine. I think the pump is going bad and over heating. Made it home OK after that.

Anyone else ever had this problem?

BeerFish

Well,

We hit a tree on the way home also... luckily it was just a branch off a truck!!! Woke Flyindog up pretty quickly when his head hit the passenger glass as I swerved to hit it at an angle therefore not demolishing my airdam or either tire. Phew... that kept me awake for the next hour!!

Other than that we made it home safe! Thanks to EVERYONE for a seriously KICK @SS weekend!!

Rick3452

Got pulled over by a woman Park Ranger on Skyline Drive for going 52 in a 35. I asked for and recieved a warning....

Alan

Ignoring the damage & enthusisatic driving issues... Its still a bit dissapointing to me that more than 22% of respondants had some issues. I know a lot of miles are invoived and that maybe those with issues are more likely to be reporting them here - but it still does not seem to be good news on reliability...

makes me think I should pack an extra engine for my upcoming trip to Denver

What do the rest of you think of these stats...?

Alan

Mark

12 out of 110 cars total....

greg928GTS

I'm surprised by all the timing belt warning lights and adjustments that need to be made.

I had the timing belt done on my 89 S4 by a Porsche dealership back in 1997 when I bought the car, and I never had to adjust it once. It's still fine, although due to time, I'm sure it should be changed again. A lot of extra parts had to be replaced, and the bill came to $2,800! At the time, I didn't know if that was too much or not. It was a lot, yes, but I didn't have any information about what it SHOULD cost.

I wonder if the DIY or $1200 timing belt deals really aren't holding up as well because not enough parts are being replaced, and/or not enough care is being taken with the way things are being put back together. Maybe spending more money to do the job isn't such a bad thing afterall.

Rich9928p

These are not a set tension once and drive forever cam belts. The cam tension light should never be your guide as to when it should be retensioned!! It is wise to have your cam belt retensioned every 15k - 30k miles! Be sure to ask the shop if they use the factory tension gauge (better to ask to see it). Some less than scrupulous shops (and individuals) use the finger twang method and if the light comes on, just crank the tensioner bolt a few more turns. Not the correct way to do it.

FlyingDog

I think a lot of people went with marginal cars that they wouldn't have normally driven that far had it not been a 928 event.

TAREK

My car was flawless and drove perfectly...until the crash

pmotts

I am curious to see how many of the mechanical issues, 12 so far, are from daily drivers. I have 2 daily drivers that I rarely have issues with. I would like to think the majority of the Sharks with mechanical issues were recently brought out of hibernation.

It's my experience the daily, or weekly, drivers have very few issues overall.

Bill Ball

If you replace EVERYTHING and rebuild the tensioner during a TB job, the parts are about $500-600, and that includes all the accessory belts and coolant hoses.

It appears many people do not drive these cars much, so when they do, stuff happens. Mine is a daily driver, and I would take it across country with no concern at all about the timing belt or anything else. I check the timing belt every 15k miles or once a year, change the oil every 12k miles or once a year, routinely inspect the all the visible moving parts and drive.

ew928

I routinely replace parts.
If I keep this up, everything but engine block and body shell will be new or rebuilt.

I had a tension belt warning. Was just a one time glitch. Checked to be at the near tight window on Kempf tool. Was with rebuilt tensioner.
Aftermarket timing belt.
Wonder how belt flutter triggered tension light.

Ernest (NYC)

michaelathome

I selected "mechanical issues" as I overheated my brakes. As I stated though there shoulda been a catagory for "Driver Issues" So the # should be considered 11.

Michael