If you are in the area feel free to stop by my place this saturday (1/17/09). A friend (easy C on rennlist) had an engine failure last year in his BoxsterS and we will be taking it apart in my garage. I will take photos. There will be a few PCA guys there. Beer is included with the admission price of $ 0.
The fun starts at 11 AM.


PM me for the address if you want to attend. I am in Georgetown, Kentucky.

 

Look forward to the photos.

 

yes, photos... lots!

 

Hopefully, it doesn't look like this:

Seems pretty simple once it is torn down that far, doesn't it? I figured it would be easy to find someone adventurous at a machine shop who would be willing to fix that cylinder wall as a challenge. Couldn't even find someone who would look at it, even after I gave them the "you can repair LOTS of 996 motors" pitch. In the end, the Man won.

I hope yours turns out to be a head gasket or something easy(ier).

Good luck, wish I could come get in the way/help/watch.

 

yes... pics please. Oh, no butt crack shots please.

 

Yes, but with that gun she might look good.... no?

 

Those cracks in that cylinder are SCARY

 

What an adventure the 996 is, I hope I never see the inside. I would just replace the engine. Halvin

 

How can you be doing a failed M96 block tear-down?

I've been reliably told, on this very forum, that that's statistically impossible/unlikely/irrelevant.....

 

I know your statement was probably "tongue in cheek" but it IS virtually impossible if you a) got Porsche to replace your engine under warranty or b) bought a new engine and did a core swap to reduce your cost. Either way, you would not have the old engine to tear down.

However, if the car was out of warranty and you didn't want to buy a new engine, then you still have the engine to tear down.

 

I think the sarcasm resides more in that, he thinks the M96 fails a lot and he thinks many of us who try to point out that that is probably not true are wrong...

 

You see, that's where you get into hot water with Dell, Wellhard, and the engine Police - Define a lot?

 

Yeah, I know, that's why I said "tongue in cheek." Maybe I should change the topic to something less controversial, like....... OIL!

 

Not my engine. My Boxster is running fine. They guy who had the engine replaced it with a 3.6L engine. His Boxster has a little more zoom now. I will take photos but I highly doubt my wife will be anywhere near the garage tomorrow!

 

No core charge because he bought the engine on Ebay. This engine has been sitting outside for the last few months.