redridge

sorry about the news... gl with the replacement

TheSpeedDemon

Do you plan on having the old engine examined to see exactly what failed where? If so, please let us know.

So is the engine that you are getting a rebuilt one then and so you are not rebuilding your existing one?

Keep us posted and sorry to hear about this.

bella1

Yes I am getting factory rebuilt with 12 month 12000 mile warranty. My mechanic is Lutzo Kovasyk, and we spent several months on trying to save what I have. Replacing the two head gaskets and some smaller ones may work but that job is 45 hours in the book according to him. Since I expect to keep and track this car for some time, I want to go with a fix without questions so rebuilt is the decision. Since there is a core exchange I do not think we will spend a lot of time on the old one

TheSpeedDemon

Thanks for the clarification. So the rebuilt is a factory unit so yep you cannot tear down the core, shame about that as we will not really know exactly what failed. But at least you get a warranty with the engine which is good.

gota911

bella - if you don't mind sharing this info, what was the "net" cost of the engine without labor (rebuilt engine minus the core exchange)?

M Fig

I thought the new (rebuilt) engines came with a 2 year warranty?

UCrazyKid

me too. what gives? Does it have to dealer installed to get the extra year?

rleeq

I had to have mine replace as well. Mine had the same oil/coolant intermix issue. To this date I still don’t know what caused the failure. I was quoted $8,129 at two different dealers. Labor was 36 hours at $102.50. Total with PCA discount was just under $12,000. Warranty is for two years unlimited miles for Porsche dealer.