joejenie

Unfortunately, it wasn't a collectors item anyway. They built a lot of them. I would change the engine and finally start driving it.

inverterman

I wasn't; implying a 991 991.2 as being a collectors item. Perhaps I should word this another way, will removal of the original engine and new engine diminish the value of the car at resale? I suppose not because new engine. But then there is new and there is reconditioned.

robmypro

I would think a non-number matching car might be seen as less desirable to some. I wouldn't care but I am sure some would.

joejenie

It will make it less desirable for sure to collectors. Has to be numbers matching. This car just became a driver. Nothing wrong with that IMHO, but others might see it differently.

This summer, I was looking for a 7.2 3RS. There was a nice blue one that had an engine replaced early. It has been for sale for awhile at a price that would have sold pretty quickly without that history. It will end up selling for $10-20k less than market value IMHO.

inverterman

I agree with the diminished value. Total bummer for anyone having to experience this in less than a month of ownership from new. :-(

CRex

I wouldn't worry about matching numbers in a 991.2 RS whatsoever.

Diminished value applies only to collectors looking for the bestest condition car. Think in Carrera GT land there's always a sub-500 mile example coming to auction every couple months. That's from a 1,200-car-run 15 years after end-of-production. In the 991.2 you'll likely have 2 or 3 times that number and we're only in the middle of the production cycle. There'll most certainly be dozens of examples with delivery miles to satisfy the "collector" circles, and that's a market most of us won't bother (or be qualified) to contest, EVER.

And I'm not remotely suggesting that a 991.2 RS will be collectible. Put in a new engine, drive it, enjoy it and then keep/sell/strip/dowhateveryoulike with it.

howielambert

Mika911

TRAKCAR

I'll be looking for extended warranty in 11 months @ 60-70K Km

Jamie@dundonmotorsports

You're not the only one with oil pressure related failure, we know of a few cars with similar issue... 991.2 GT3, first RS I've heard of...

farisad

mine has 8,000 km with no issues, a friend has gen 1 991 rs and excussive oil usage, got his engine replaced with reconditioned engine.

Waxer

xistalf

So it seems the issues are indeed widespread...

HEAT'N'COOL

Not sure what you mean by "widespread" Out of the total # of cars i would not say it is widespread in the least bit. Has it happened to a handful of people, yes...

James Powers

I ran into an issue last week with my .1 GT3-RS. I was driving my car and it went into "limp mode" and the engine light came on. I took my car down to my shop and they tried replacing the ignition coil to see if that would solve the problem. Nothing happened. Still threw the code. Then they tried replacing the spark plug. After that, they went out to test and see if the car would throw the '4th cylinder misfire code" sure enough they came back and it threw the code. They ended telling me that I needed to take it to my dealer because it was a warranty issue. I now have it at the dealer and I was told that the car needs a "new engine". They said that they noticed some damage to the camshaft but reinsured me the car will be getting a new engine. Fast forward 3 days later. I got a call from the dealer saying that Porsche is taking longer than usual to get back regarding the issue. I was then told that they weren't 100% sure what Porsche was going to do. Try and rebuild the camshaft??? I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this issue. I understand 991.1 GT3's had engine problems and that the customers got new engines along with 10yr/120K miles warranty. Appreciate the help!

Thanks