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Better to find a 70k mile '99 996 w/recent new eng or 30k mile car w/original engine

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Old 05-23-2006, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by nick49
My mint condition '99 Cab suffered from a slipped sleeve with out warning at 45k miles. This requires a new motor whis was installed by Porsche. The Tech said it had the latest factory updates and fixes and should be troublefree for 100sK miles. It has larger bearings for the intermediate shaft, which was the next possible failing point of M96 motors. This has a 2 year warrenty and tech says he has never seen a major problem with a replacement motor. A great way to go as far as I am concerned.
Thats another good point...the engine they replace it with IS NOT the exact same engine....Its been updated. So all the weak points are gone. You get a newer, stronger, more reliable engine than the older one.



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