I bought my first Porsche 928 - Nightmare!
02-20-2014, 02:54 PM
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I bought my first Porsche 928 - Nightmare!
I have bought today this one : http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C297759#
I transported a car on ferry to Ireland. When I was driving car back home on the highway I felt a strange vibration and the car did not want to accelerate. So I pulled to the closest petrol station. Car did not want to turn off. I was turning key and nothing happend. After a minute, the oil poured out from under the car (yellow greasy one) and engine died/stopped. Smoke appeared, I was afraid the car will set on fire. After waiting an hour for the tow truck, we left the poor girl ion the driveway at front of my house. I'm still stressed and upset.
I fear the engine could be damage. Or maybe it's just the transmission?
Help
I transported a car on ferry to Ireland. When I was driving car back home on the highway I felt a strange vibration and the car did not want to accelerate. So I pulled to the closest petrol station. Car did not want to turn off. I was turning key and nothing happend. After a minute, the oil poured out from under the car (yellow greasy one) and engine died/stopped. Smoke appeared, I was afraid the car will set on fire. After waiting an hour for the tow truck, we left the poor girl ion the driveway at front of my house. I'm still stressed and upset.
I fear the engine could be damage. Or maybe it's just the transmission?
Help
02-20-2014, 03:00 PM
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That is not good. You're going to need to have someone tear in to it to find out why oil and water are mixing together. First off see where it is leaking from.
02-20-2014, 03:07 PM
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I'd be in contact with the rebuilder and get some details on that. Especially if the warranty was transferable. Otherwise the previous owner has some explaining to do.
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02-20-2014, 03:10 PM
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You'd have to contact an attorney that practices in your country about that. Sorry to see this happen as your introduction to the 928.
02-20-2014, 03:23 PM
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Sorry to hear this - not a nice start to ownership.
From a private seller, I don't believe that you do.
I would get the car inspected and the cause documented. If it's the engine (which seems likely), do contact the seller. Hopefully the engine rebuild came with a transferable warranty. If not, I'd try to get the previous owner to get the rebuilder to do something - they would typically be liable to the PO for the work.
Good luck!
From a private seller, I don't believe that you do.
I would get the car inspected and the cause documented. If it's the engine (which seems likely), do contact the seller. Hopefully the engine rebuild came with a transferable warranty. If not, I'd try to get the previous owner to get the rebuilder to do something - they would typically be liable to the PO for the work.
Good luck!
02-20-2014, 04:21 PM
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Very sorry to hear about this trouble. IIRC there is no oil cooler in the radiator on the 83 model with auto trans. So - basically you are mixing oil and water somewhere in the engine. Where it came out is a different question.
As a fairly quick check, have all spark plugs removed and look for one that is clearly different than the others in color or condition. This will likely be near where the failure point is located.
I would surely contact the seller and the shop that did the engine rebuild. I'm hoping you have the documentation for the rebuild with the car. This is something that usually will wind up in what we call 'small claims' here in the colonies. I'm guessing you have a similar method for resolving small value cases in Ire and in the rest of the UK. Since the cost of the engine rebuild is significant, and the seller sold the vehicle described as:
ENGINE
All the nuts bolts, washers, clips and ancillaries have been stripped from the engine together with front and rear suspension - these have been chemically cleaned and re-plated back to production line new; yellow passivated.
All the engine castings, con-rods, pistons, valves etc have been thoroughly cleaned, checked and prepared before reassembly. All new bearings, piston rings and a full gasket set (valve stem seals, all oil seals, O rings etc. replaced).
This is virtually a new engine, as a result the emissions are very low (as can be seen from the report on first page of the photobucket link, below).
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he's using the rebuilt engine as a positive valuation on the condition at sale. Over here, the judge would take a dim view of an engine which failed shortly after rebuild and sale. Good luck.
As a fairly quick check, have all spark plugs removed and look for one that is clearly different than the others in color or condition. This will likely be near where the failure point is located.
I would surely contact the seller and the shop that did the engine rebuild. I'm hoping you have the documentation for the rebuild with the car. This is something that usually will wind up in what we call 'small claims' here in the colonies. I'm guessing you have a similar method for resolving small value cases in Ire and in the rest of the UK. Since the cost of the engine rebuild is significant, and the seller sold the vehicle described as:
ENGINE
All the nuts bolts, washers, clips and ancillaries have been stripped from the engine together with front and rear suspension - these have been chemically cleaned and re-plated back to production line new; yellow passivated.
All the engine castings, con-rods, pistons, valves etc have been thoroughly cleaned, checked and prepared before reassembly. All new bearings, piston rings and a full gasket set (valve stem seals, all oil seals, O rings etc. replaced).
This is virtually a new engine, as a result the emissions are very low (as can be seen from the report on first page of the photobucket link, below).
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he's using the rebuilt engine as a positive valuation on the condition at sale. Over here, the judge would take a dim view of an engine which failed shortly after rebuild and sale. Good luck.
02-20-2014, 04:54 PM
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i'd be contacting the rebuilder as well and getting them to foot the bill for the repair and tow.
02-20-2014, 04:58 PM
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Ouch, that's not good. Sorry for your troubles. I would immediately contact the seller to return the car for a full refund. Don't wait too long. Furthermore I would look for the source of the leak and take as many photographs as I could. I would scoop up some of the oil/coolant mixture and save it in a jar. Then if needed use it in legal proceedings. If you cannot document this yourself, pay a well respected mechanic to do so. Do not take the engine apart for your documentation. Good luck!
