NI3

Back a day early. Wow, its an amazing car. Wish I had asked the dealer to do the airfilter.

barncobob

shouldnt need air filter at 18K unless dirt roads.....do it at the 30-40K mark, do the belt too

NI3

That was my plan, but I know they had to uninstall air filter box during my cars surgery. Valve block and vacuum lines..... Labor SHOULD be almost nothing to throw a new filter in the the car.

Picketthouse

2018 c4s add me to the water pump list. Everything covered by Porsche so I really don't care. The car is awesome and I couldn't be happier with Porsche as a brand. They have been amazing

DaveGee

What the hell Picketthouse? This is not the place to offer Porsche praise. You’ve set us back at least 10 years. Nice going.

DaveGee
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caciquemd

I had initially replied no… BUT….@24500 Jul 13, 2022 took car in for CEL… thermostat/pump failure.

Pump under warranty. Have to pay for thermostat/one hour labor… getting serpentine belt replaced while they are at it.

Porsche of Ocala… I’ve always had good customer service.

Super50

2017 C4S, water pump failure at 50k miles, fixed under CPO warranty last month
The water pump had been replaced one year ago (prophylactically) at 35K miles

mangu

@Picketthouse What is your car's build date (month/year)? Did you order your build or just bought your car from dealer lot? Thanks.

Martin S.

I am relucant to offer up praise, lest I incur scorn, but here I go. I had my 2017 GTS water pump replaced, and "while you are in there", replaced the serpemtine belt and an idler belt replaced, under aftermarket warranty. Noting, the car has been sitting for about 2 weeks, we went for a drive to nowhere yesterday....It was so much funm that it was tough making the decision to head home. Did one little acceleration run in Sport +, I may have exceeded the speed limit good god, what an incredible car....and it now has a fully functiong water pump too. What's my point? if I had to change my water pump every year, I wouldn't complain...it would be the price I'd be paying for such a well rounded awesome car. Hmmmm, I think I will head out for a fun ride today.

IXLR8

No question about the latter, but if I had to replace the water pump every year, two, three, four or five years, the car would be gone. Water pumps have been around for ages and if they cannot get that right, I have to wonder about their engineering department. My last water pump was fine at 118,616 miles and 11 years, but it got replaced because I was "in-there" doing the timing belt and belt tensioner. Of course, it was not a Porsche.

foxj0001

Failed just now Aug 2022, 20K miles, never tracked. Dealer replacing pump + valve block under warranty.

foxj0001

OMG that looks like you took a pic of my 2018 C2GTS!

gabster

Hello All,

Is there a way of knowing if the pump has been changed, if i don’t have records? is there a part number visible? or any other indicators?

Old Guy

Deja Vu? Seems to me I've chimed in before, but a couple of years ago. Our 2017 base Carrera was a very early build. Picked it up Nov 30, 2016, but the dealer had the car for about 10 months (couldn't sell a Lava Orange 911 with a manual gearbox - how times have changed). Failure at 19,436 miles, Sep 2019. Simple fluid leak onto the garage floor. Warranty repair. That said, didn't someone on this forum mention that warranty notwithstanding, Porsche was offering a 10-warranty extension for this problem? 911 now has 31,036 miles. Has been tracked various times. No repeat of the problem.

woodranch

Here is a question. I just purchased my early build 2018 991.2 GTS and started reading this thread. Unfortunately, I am a little freaked out because this is the first I have heard of this. I take a lot of road-trips so is there anything you can do ( preventative maintenance) before it might happen. I really do not want to be stuck in no man’s land and have this happen. Will Porsche do anything before the water pump fails or only after the problem arises?