I've had many Porsche's in the past, lot's of 911's and 928's. I know that the new ones are not the same, but that's what makes them so comfortable. They are sooo cheap now, that I just might pick one up.. BUT, what really bothers me is the engine blowing up problems.. It's simply not acceptable.. 928's are just getting started at 150k and the older 911's, while not as good... don't blow up..

So my question is.. I'm seeing alot of 996's with factory reman engines.. Are these more reliable?? Have the blow up's been taken care off?? I know that the original ones are like ticking time bomb's, its only a matter of time.. But how about these factory reman engines?? Any insight would be greatly appriciated..

 

Here we go again

 

I think, "OH **** ME TO TEARS, HERE WE GO AGAIN", is more appropriate.

But to answer your questions......
More reliable? Ask PCNA
Blow ups? Is that even a word? Ask PCNA
Time bombs? Ask PCNA
Matter of time? funny you should ask as the search function would show you that your question is one that comes up quite often so "it's only a matter of time" before somebody asked the same thing again.
Reman engines? What about 'em?
Insight? Throwing grenades in a forum like this will produce something you could have figured out in <1min with a basic search.

And you wonder why I don't spend much time in the 996 forum anymore? May I present to you exhibit A.

 

Okay - yeah, it's been covered before, maybe once or twice as you can tell from the prior posts.

If I were buying - I would place a higher value on a reman'd engine - newer the better - my advice is to search the boards and use some common sense.

 

Well just think of it this way.. even if your engine blows up, you can replace it and still have spent much less total money than a G35 or Maxima, or some random SUV nowadays - for an awesome performing Porsche 911 with a new engine and warranty. Sounds like a great deal to me..

 

I'll try and offer some sane advice. Yes, the reman engines are better. If the car has a reman from Porsche you should be in good shape. Now the next part is just my opinion. If the car has the original engine (like mine) and has over 50K miles on it (like mine), the chances that it is going to "blow up" on you are no different than any other car. Assuming there was a manufacturing defect in some original engines, that defect will present itself (in the VAST majority of cases) before the car has 50K miles on it. I beat the pistons out of my 1999 996 everytime I drive it and it runs perfectly. Others on this board may not agree. You mileage may vary. Worst possible case senario: You pay 22 - 24K for a really nice 996 with 60-75K miles on it. The engine blows up on day one. Add 12K. Now you have a really nice Porsche with a brand new 300 HP engine for 34 - 36K.

 

Didn't mean to offend anyone.. I've read the older posts, there is no one answer on the reman engine's..

 

Don't worry, they're a little bit sensitive around here. You have every right to ask a question. And they have every right to ignore your question if it bothers them so much.

 

And you also have the "right" to scream fire in a crowded theater too.

The question doesn't bother anybody but rather it really makes you question the motive of the OP.

 

Guys, I'm just looking for INFORMATION on the reman engines..

 

Then why wasn't your thread title or question made as such?

You talked of all these engines blowing up (gross misrepresentation)
You talked in absolutes (other Porsche models NOT blowing up)
You said that the M96 motor is a ticking time bomb

When you say that a motor blowing up is not acceptable, what would be? Is there a percentage threshold that you have?

Come on, you have been on this board for 7 years and know exactly what a thread like this is.

 

+1... I know its slow in here, but we have enough of these types of threads. This guy should know better...

 

Given that these cars are relatively less expensive these days than in recent history, find one that's certified pre owned. This helps to eliminate some of the concerns that mostwould have with a used vehicle.

 

+1 Dell


Weissach, I can sure tell you that you really will find information about what you are demanding.
Just think about me. Imagine that I'm doing a big effort to read, search, learn and understand all the interesting threads in this forum. If someone spanish spoken with a not very high english level, like me can find true information here, there won't be so difficult. You are used to speak with lots of acronyms, and an american english informal language, that I cannot learn in any academy.
Even with this difficulties I found a pile of info here.
The drawback is spending so much time doing the searches.

I'm very glad to being a rennlister, and glad to be helped by people like Dell, Ray S and others.
Don't think I'm trying teach you how to proceed, but I want to be empathetic with those who did a great job adding interesting things and helping to the comunity. There are threads, questions, answers which are reapeated over and over again.



Greetins from Spain

 

The re-manufactured engines come with all of Porsches updates to the motors which is a good thing. I would not shy away from buying a 996 with a "reman" engine as long as it (the engine) came from Porsche and was dealer installed.

Personally, I think the engine problems for these cars are waaaay over hyped and I have a good friend who is the Service Director at a major Chicago area Porsche dealer who says they just don't perform as many installs as the internet hype would have you believe. Then again you will find many on this board that feel it's under-hyped.

As Dell indicated, only Porsche knows for sure and they're not talking.

Good luck.