View Poll Results: update poll on rms leaks--please report your current status--include model yr & miles
no rms leak
170
60.93%
rms leak in first 2000 mi
6
2.15%
rms leak in first 5000 mi
10
3.58%
rms leak in first 10000 mi
25
8.96%
rms leak in first 15000 mi
13
4.66%
rms leak in first 20000 mi
13
4.66%
rms leak in first 25000 mi
16
5.73%
rms leak after 30000 mi
19
6.81%
more than 1 rms leak
15
5.38%
rms leak required engine replacement
8
2.87%
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update poll for rms leaks--please report your status including mileage and model year
knock on wood.
01-07-2006, 11:13 PM
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99 Cab 41K, no problems so far, but still runnin' scared.
This is an old resurrected thread. I don't see Bernie posting anymore, I wonder what happened to him, he got a raw deal.
This is an old resurrected thread. I don't see Bernie posting anymore, I wonder what happened to him, he got a raw deal.
01-08-2006, 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by riad
You have 33K on a 2000 and you drive it daily? Where to the mailbox and back?
01-08-2006, 01:07 PM
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i am amazed this old thread continues to draw posts! 295 responses to the survey still with about 40% rms leaks in 996's. my 2002 c4s is still dry at almost 50k mi. i wonder whether the 997's also have rms leaks? 
01-08-2006, 01:56 PM
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Problem is that the poll is closed so it cannot be updated.
i am amazed this old thread continues to draw posts! 295 responses to the survey still with about 40% rms leaks in 996's. my 2002 c4s is still dry at almost 50k mi. i wonder whether the 997's also have rms leaks?
Originally Posted by ignacio
i am amazed this old thread continues to draw posts! 295 responses to the survey still with about 40% rms leaks in 996's. my 2002 c4s is still dry at almost 50k mi. i wonder whether the 997's also have rms leaks? 
01-08-2006, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Thaddeus
Useful thread for those of us who are just beginning to research 996's. So the rear main seal goes bad? And then the crank recess goes out of round? Hm.... 
