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Hey everyone. Have recently had 2 off track excursions (one in rain) where I have had a pretty violent spin with an abrupt stop. Both times car died (both feet in). When I restarted, the car ran like sh@&. Limped back to paddock and put her on trailer. Found out after the first time I had a massive air leak. Intake plenum hose had come off the intake. Thought maybe my engine mounts had gone bad and there was too much movement so I went from Wevos to Rennline solids. That’s when the track day happened in the rain and the same thing happened when I spun. Now I know the obvious answer is to stop spinning my car off the track but beyond that, has anyone ever heard of this being an issue? The entire us it is basically floating on top of the manifold. Maybe some of the rubber hoses are getting old and stuff and don’t flex enough? Replace?? Just wondering if this has happened to anyone? Thanks for any advice
Mine were all replaced in 2019 during engine out service. After only 27K miles they were hard as a rock and cracking. Anyone who does an engine out service on these cars should replace those every time they are not that expensive, IIRC like $12 each.
Mine were all replaced in 2019 during engine out service. After only 27K miles they were hard as a rock and cracking. Anyone who does an engine out service on these cars should replace those every time they are not that expensive, IIRC like $12 each.
I actually was wondering that but mine were all still soft and pliable
It is fairly common from all of the track threads I have studied and I do not believe it to be I indicative of a larger problem.
How hard was it to correct? Much downtime in the pits afterwards?
I was unable to correct it at the track the first time because I couldn’t find what was wrong. Put it on the trailer and brought it back. You don’t really have enough room to fix it without undoing the engine mounts and dropping the engine down to the cross member. Not that hard but need a jack. To support the engine. Gives ya about 3-4 inches to work. Then not too bad. You need more that 2 hands because you have to compress it from both sides while you are tightening the hose clamps. Came up with a rig to see if helps.......if and when I spin again. Not compressing them but snug. Assume Porsche designed them to float for a reason??
12-15-2020 | 03:19 PM
Intake leak
