Coolant fitting blew at mid Ohio
08-25-2011, 11:24 AM
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Can anyone chime in to what the average cost of pulling the motor just to fix this?
Gold Crest had a deal; $1500 for motor drop, welded fittings, and reinstall. Speaking with my dealer, they could not even sniff at that package.
08-25-2011, 12:15 PM
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Where is Gold Crest, and do you have any contact info? Did you get it done?
Thanks
08-25-2011, 01:04 PM
08-25-2011, 10:37 PM
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I got the last laugh. Epoxy'd the fitting back together and GT3 ran great today no issues at all. Weekend had a happy ending
Happy ending is always good
You should add your comments to the sticky thread at the top of the 997 GT3 section.
08-28-2011, 05:09 PM
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My car leaking coolant. Thank god it was water + water wetter. Must have left a trail prior to t14 all the way to t1 straightaway at thill. Pic was taken courtesy of gotbluemilk.com. Mike
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08-28-2011, 05:15 PM
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08-28-2011, 05:31 PM
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I already added my name there sadly a few weeks ago : (. Mike
08-29-2011, 01:22 AM
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I already added my name there sadly a few weeks ago : (. Mike
Mike, did you get this fixed? If so, where did you go in the bay area? Thanks!
08-29-2011, 03:48 PM
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^ill be checking status of car tomorrow. It is my friend's shop ie Andre's Foreign Car Service in San Francisco. Mike
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