Lefty's Deceiver

I'm trying to buy a 964 to convert into an E class race car. I have found a nice candidate in CA. The owner tells me that it didn't need the head gasket mod. I'm not sure I believe this since it is a 1990 car.

The VIN# is WP0AB2968LS450408. How can I be sure?

Thanks
Lefty

JasonAndreas

The L in your VIN is for model year 90 and those were delivered without head gaskets. The pass/fail used by PAG is the engine serial number, 911 Carrera 2/4 Model Years '89(K), '90(L) and '91(M) up to engine number:

• 62 M06836, M64.01 - Manual Transmission
• 62 M52757, M64.02 - Tiptronic.

can suffer oil leakage between the cylinder and cylinder head but not all cars leaked so the owner is probably telling the truth.

Lefty's Deceiver

Thanks. The car sold. Arrrgh!

KirkF

As a side note, it wasn't a recall. It was a 'porsche would fix it if they thought it was broken enough during early ownership' situation. Most cars didnt leak, so most cars didn't get fixed.

Kirk