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Old 12-14-2008, 11:29 AM
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Question How many 996's needed a new engine?

Seems like a lot from what I've read... I broke an intermediate shaft at only 11k miles. Porsche replaced the engine. The first one also had RMS.. the new one is ok. Now at 45k I am replacing the ignition switch. I drive it nearly every day. <no cracks about the snow, please!>

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Old 12-14-2008, 11:44 AM
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Old 12-14-2008, 12:07 PM
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The answer to your question is no one has any idea (and never will) except Porsche. Please quietly move on and we will all pretend this post never happened.
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dertub,

In case you can't tell, this topic 1) has been discussed ad-nauseam here, 2) has really frustrated many of us, and 3) has no real possibility of ever being answered with any amount of certainty, because as was mentioned immediately above ^ only Porsche knows for sure and they are not sharing that info.

There have been guesses that the percentage of engine failures is somewhere between 5% and 40%+.
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And if Dell posts you are in really big trouble.
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Originally Posted by dresler
And if Dell posts you are in really big trouble.
I can hear the start of that one already!

Dell: "What in the BLUE HELL is going......"
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Originally Posted by dertub
How many 996's needed a new engine?
If given enough time, I would guess all of them

And I second the "don't let Dell see this." We should disguise this thread as a wheel offset thread really quickly.

Or someone should post some tuner girl pictures to distract him.

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Originally Posted by himself
If given enough time, I would guess all of them

And I second the "don't let Dell see this." We should disguise this thread as a wheel offset thread really quickly.

Or someone should post some tuner girl pictures to distract him.

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You had better make sure she has big "tatties!"
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Originally Posted by gota911
You had better make sure she has big "tatties!"
Tim,

Have you heard the radio ad for a local mens club collecting toys this Xmas? They're advertising it as "Toys for tatas" Now that's a bargain. Collect some happy meal figures, trade them in, and viola! Happy!

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Nuf said, lets eat!
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THAT ^ works for me!
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Deelllllllll!!! Hey Dell!! Come on over here and check out this post!
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You guys think he heard me??
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Originally Posted by dertub
Seems like a lot from what I've read...

That's easy, 8,432 & 1/3 engines have been replaced so far.
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I hear the Enzo has a much worse engine failure rate.


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