Pc007

Hi guys, so found out that the car had an engine replacement in February 2016, CPO tells me it’s the latest version of the engine, is this correct? Was the G engine around in early 2016?

thanks

itrsteve

See if you can get the serial number for it. Anything after G05373 has the latest updates.

robmypro

If the engine was replaced in 2016 it will not have the fixed engine. It could be that this car will never have the problem, or it could and you get a new engine down the track. The fixed engines really started being installed at the end of 2017 beginning of 2018. Anything after that period has the new engines. I would not hesitate to buy one with the older engine because it is a free $50k upgrade by Porsche at some point, unless it does not have the issue.

rodsky

Wont it still be a G engine Rob? Those are pretty damn good - right? i may not be up to speed on what happened at the end of 2017 though (that's long after the end of the .1's)?

Pc007

Thanks guys,

CPO here in Europe told me that the engine is the latest series, that if the car had a new engine today, it would be the same.

already asked for the engine number so I can make sure.

also I was talking with a Porsche mechanic from another place and he told me that these cars are not as problematic as people tell, there are only a few cars in Europe with problems, as there are lots of people not tracking them to the limit, as much as in the USA or Nürburgring. He tells me that if the car is driven hard in the streets, canyons, the problem sometimes even doesn’t appear ... he knows cars with almost 100k with no problems.

Im so impatient!! I just loved driving the car!! Nothing else compared to it!! And I’ve driven some fast 911s...

robmypro

We were told that none of the GT3 engines were immune to this issue until they reproduced it before our meeting.

Pc007

they told me every GT3 first gen did the 1st recall top end rebuild...but there are still some with the 1st revised engine, problably because they are not stressed to the track level....

groundhog

It wasn't track driving that caused the failures / it was ultimately lack of oil to the finger follower interface / thus a lot of failures were with cars that weren't driven regularly e.g to much time between driving and thus oil films break down and drain

Jrtaylor9

That's one of the reasons why I went .2 instead of .1 when looking for a replacement over in UK after my RS had to ship off to US. It typically is precious time to line-up a free day for track-day or other. I want a car I know I can beat on and has least amount of chance ending up on a flat-bed and/or out in middle of nowhere when it happens. I don't want to step into a car with a known issue to put me in that situation at any time. It's just not worth anywhere close to the econ calculation between a .1 and .2 for me. YMMV.

RDCR

Other then the obvious replacement engine issue what issues does the .1 have when tracked that were eliminated with the .2s?

Pc007

Engine number is G01379.... how relaxed can I be??

thanks

itrsteve

I’d be rather relaxed.

You may find yourself in a state of complete bliss if you stay off RL.

rodsky

I cant tell you how to feel - but if it were me, i wouldn't worry for a minute. You have 5 years of warranty if something goes wrong. Best of luck.

Pc007

not sure what you mean by that...but OK

Pc007

10 years to be exact...here in Europe we can have up to 15 years from the first registry...just trying to check if these are the latest engine versions that solve the engine failure.