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Replaced the fuel filter today. The old one had a date code of June 2011, and now I understand why.
I'd like to meet the doctoral candidate who thought it was a good idea to put it on top of the coolant lines in the center of the car. He must have hands like an 8 year old girl.
Not to mention the cup of gasoline that ends up on the floor when the lines are disconnected and filter tipped for removal.
Finally got around to tearing the motor from my 2000 apart (purchased as a roller, intermix, suspected D-chunk).
Not pretty:
Not sure if it is just the lighting, but it seems like there are two different colora of material in the cyliner wall. Is there a special casting with a different cylider wall material or treatment (like nikasil on some other motors)?
I installed one new Rennline sill plate.
Sure was a battle getting the old one off.
Ran into the same adhesive as the name badges use.
Goo Gone was no match, so I installed over the old adhesive.
I think it looks nice to me.
I like the nameless look.
I‘ll do the other after the Super Bowl, or tomorrow evening.
I need to vacuum and wipe off the drip of Speed Shine I used to clean the sill with.
Last edited by TexSquirrel; 02-04-2019 at 12:36 AM.
I'd like to meet the doctoral candidate who thought it was a good idea to put it on top of the coolant lines in the center of the car. He must have hands like an 8 year old girl
It’s a well known fact that Engineers have a huge hate of automotive technicians and make it their life’s work to irritate them to no end.
Seriously I’ve read that some engineered causes of access issues for repair is due to multiple isolated projects within a new vehicle design program not knowing the final design of other projects.
In this case the fuel project team and the coolant project team needed to do more collaboration.
they also need to have an automotive technician involved with both project teams.
Well I finished installing the Rennline sill plates on the passenger side.
Here are some photos: Before
During. I used dental floss to get under the original sill so I could pull it up enough to get my interior tool underneath. Then it was a tedious push and pull to get the adhesive to release the sill.
Finished
Last edited by TexSquirrel; 02-04-2019 at 10:28 AM.
Finally got around to tearing the motor from my 2000 apart (purchased as a roller, intermix, suspected D-chunk).
Not pretty:
Not sure if it is just the lighting, but it seems like there are two different colora of material in the cyliner wall. Is there a special casting with a different cylider wall material or treatment (like nikasil on some other motors)?
No worries, the motor is scrap, I replaced it with a good running one a couple of years ago. I knew it was bad when I bought the car, just not the extent of the damage - there was a bit of metal in the sump, but the damaged cylinder wasn’t visible from the sump or the valve train. This is just spare parts and/or scrap metal...
No worries, the motor is scrap, I replaced it with a good running one a couple of years ago. I knew it was bad when I bought the car, just not the extent of the damage - there was a bit of metal in the sump, but the damaged cylinder wasn’t visible from the sump or the valve train. This is just spare parts and/or scrap metal...
Today I was off work, so I took my 996 for a drive.
I drove it hard!
I accidentally drove past a local unmarked police car going faster than I should have on a twisty road.
He pulled up next to me and gave me a thumbs up.
Here are the the pics. This came out of my ‘99 so the IMSS could be installed. Can anyone identify the markings? If this is OK, I will mail it to you (I have the address).
Not sure if it is just the lighting, but it seems like there are two different colora of material in the cyliner wall. Is there a special casting with a different cylider wall material or treatment (like nikasil on some other motors)?
Answering my own question, but in case anyone else wonders: according to Wayne Dempsey’s 101 Projects for your Porsche 911 996 and 997, “Porsche used a type of insert-mold casting process to directly incorporate Lokasil cylinder liners into the case” (p.48). Mystery solved.
02-03-2019, 03:17 PM
