Need to get confirmation of Engine change by Porsche
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Need to get confirmation of Engine change by Porsche
Hello all,
I'm about to buy a 996 C4S 2003 model, in the history the owner show a change in engine done in Germany, but he/I are in France and the invoice (or any other paper) for such change has not followed the car...
How can I ask Porsche to provide me such confirmation?
thanks for your help.
JC
I'm about to buy a 996 C4S 2003 model, in the history the owner show a change in engine done in Germany, but he/I are in France and the invoice (or any other paper) for such change has not followed the car...
How can I ask Porsche to provide me such confirmation?
thanks for your help.
JC
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they will know. if the car came from Germany one of the previous owners had to get a "certificat de conformite" from Porsche France to get it registered in France. This paperwork requires engine serial #, VIN #, tire sizes, -.. to confirm that all match to a model approved by France
(I used to live in Nice and import cars from Italy & Germany)
(I used to live in Nice and import cars from Italy & Germany)
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Indeed
Porsche france just answers me as they dont have any record for the maintenance of the Porsche cars(!) ok
I have abToyota and any repair center has access to the full invoices of all repairs done in their network...
Porsche france just answers me as they dont have any record for the maintenance of the Porsche cars(!) ok
I have abToyota and any repair center has access to the full invoices of all repairs done in their network...
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If all you want to know is if the engine has been replaced with another one, assuming Porsche replaced it with one of their remanufactured ones, is to get a pic of the serial number off the engine.
I'm not sure in Europe but in the US, all remanufactured engines from Porsche has a special letter in the engine serial number(forget what it is off the top of my head). You can find that info here if you do a search.
I would have them take a pic of the engine block serial number(underneath block on the left side) for starters.
I'm not sure in Europe but in the US, all remanufactured engines from Porsche has a special letter in the engine serial number(forget what it is off the top of my head). You can find that info here if you do a search.
I would have them take a pic of the engine block serial number(underneath block on the left side) for starters.
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they will know. if the car came from Germany one of the previous owners had to get a "certificat de conformite" from Porsche France to get it registered in France. This paperwork requires engine serial #, VIN #, tire sizes, -.. to confirm that all match to a model approved by France
(I used to live in Nice and import cars from Italy & Germany)
(I used to live in Nice and import cars from Italy & Germany)
The "certificat of comformité " has not the engine serial on it. In adition the Porsche Centers cannot deliver a repair history to someone not ower at the time of the repair as it is forbidden by law (the CNIL).
So only the past owner can claim and can forward to you/me...
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If the engine had a Porsche rebuilt engine installed it will Have an "AT" in the serial number.
Like this: M96/03AT66565123
M96/03 = 3.6
AT = Factory Rebuild
665 = 6 cyl, normally aspirated, 2005
"AT", which is not the normal format, might stand for "Austausch", which means "rebuild" engine.
http://www.renntech.org/forums/topic...e-sn-decoding/
Like this: M96/03AT66565123
M96/03 = 3.6
AT = Factory Rebuild
665 = 6 cyl, normally aspirated, 2005
"AT", which is not the normal format, might stand for "Austausch", which means "rebuild" engine.
http://www.renntech.org/forums/topic...e-sn-decoding/
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If the engine had a Porsche rebuilt engine installed it will Have an "AT" in the serial number.
Like this: M96/03AT66565123
M96/03 = 3.6
AT = Factory Rebuild
665 = 6 cyl, normally aspirated, 2005
"AT", which is not the formal format, might stand for "Austausch", which means "rebuild" engine.
http://www.renntech.org/forums/topic...e-sn-decoding/
Like this: M96/03AT66565123
M96/03 = 3.6
AT = Factory Rebuild
665 = 6 cyl, normally aspirated, 2005
"AT", which is not the formal format, might stand for "Austausch", which means "rebuild" engine.
http://www.renntech.org/forums/topic...e-sn-decoding/
So if no AT then it is a brand new ?
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