fueledbymetal

My car has been hit for a SECOND time by a careless driver. Both were purely cosmetic damages and professionally repaired, but with two hits on it now I'm thinking about keeping it much longer than I originally planned due to the likely diminished value. I know the 991.2’s haven’t been on the street that long yet so I’m wondering how long the turbos from the previous water-cooled Turbo cars are holding up over big miles.

Are Turbo’s turbo systems going trouble-free over 150k+ miles?

B Russ

After doing the Cats on my car I can hear how active the turbos are and was wondering the same thing yesterday.
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JW911

I don't think you will find any 991.2 owners with that many miles. Turbos can be hit or miss depending on design. BMW and Audi twin turbo V8s are known for problems at much lower mileage than 150k. Not sure about Porsche.

By the way, I hope you received a diminished value payout on your two crashes.

Mike Murphy

I would post in the 997 and 996 forums to get a good feel. There are some high mileage examples. I think one had 400,000km. I think another had close to 600km. If these are highway miles, I say, who cares - these 911s can rack them up. The problem is more age-related and when cars sit too often, short trips. I’ve heard that once coolant pipes are welded on the 996t, the only other items that sometimes go bad are the turbos. And then there’s the regular nickel and dime Porsche stuff, such as coolant tank, clutch etc.

TooTurbos

have 35k on mine now, purchased with 18k but i'm planning on seeing how far she'll go. would love to keep it to the 150k number.

From my research before purchasing seems like they are a solid build, but because of the cost not a ton of people slather miles on them. I say keep it if you love it and file for some diminished value...best of both worlds!!

Ttz06vette

Good news is that turbo replacements on these rear engine cars are nowhere near as complex as other types of turbo cars. Even if they do go bad, you could replace them with labor for the same cost or less than purchasing and installing new coil overs. New ones are sold as self contained units either new, rebuilt, or higher performance and basically just bolt in.

E30M3

This should dissolve any uncertainties about Porsche 911 turbo reliability..

NVRANUF

CRAZY performance aside, the oil smoke coming from right tail pipe 25 sec in might be concerning...

hcvone

Seen this car in person, it's BADASS and has been runing fast times for years now