This might be useful for everyone to keep an eye on. I saw this yesterday on the 996 Rennlist Facebook page.

 

This guy has to be a pretty poor mechanic to not seat the filter properly in the first place. There is distinct "snap" when the filter is correctly mounted.

This is like changing a tire and not tightening the lug nuts. That wheel comes off and you warn other to make sure their lug nuts are tight. Duh.

And with our Mezger engines there is nothing close by the filter to cause the failure pictured. This is a non-issue for the 996TT and people with brains.

 

Please allow me to apologize to the entire Rennlist community for trying to be helpful to what could be a very serious issue for 996 owners. I really should have done my due diligence in research before posting something that will in no way affect our beloved 996 Turbo.
Lucky we have members like Carlo who can point out my ridiculous assumption that the Turbo could possibly have a similar metal line running below the fuel filter.
Also, no car part has ever loosened off of a bracket on its own in the history of automobile. Impossible, will never happen, so don't ever check.

 

Fuel filter was integrated in the fuel tank on 996.2 NA cars.

 

Good info and it doesn't hurt to check even if the chances are slim.

 

This doesn't effect "996 owners". It effects owners who improperly install the fuel filters on their cars and then fail to check their work by giving the filter a few good tugs post installation.

If you have a brain this "issue" is not an issue.

We are not talking about "parts" falling off cars. We are talking about fuel filters coming loose. Please post a thread where a properly installed fuel filter dismounts all by itself.

 

this might be worth checking, just checked mine and it was not installed properly. thanks for the tip.

 

Really, so how often should we check this? And should we check all the other fuel lines to make sure they didn't come loose?

 

Who installed it?

 

While the risk is low the take away from your post is we remain diligent to note any signs of anything amiss. A noise, a puddle of fluid, a smell of gasoline, or anti-freeze, anything out of the ordinary and look into it or have it looked into promptly.

No need to run and hide under the bed when it comes time to start the engine use the car just to be aware these are marvelous machines but very complicated and while very very reliable and safe things can happen.

And for DIYer's it should reinforce the need for them to be extra careful when working on their cars to be sure they do not inadvertently disturb something like a fuel or fuel vapor line and to be sure to use the hose clamps and other hardware to ensure the hoses are secure and nothing can *not* flop about or rub.

 

affects

 

Well, the previous owner of my car handed me receipts for all the previous work , he was strictly a dealer service kinda guy with the receipts totaling almost 30K over the history of the car from Porsche of Plano Texas.( don't mean to badmouth here, I know nothing of them just going by the invoices , I know they had the engine out) I looked closer at the filter and see that from laying against the intake it was rubbing and getting a flat spot. Good tip here, it doesn't hurt to look at , it only takes a minute.

 

My point is if the filter is properly installed you shouldn't have to check it, ever.

If that filter was installed by a dealer mechanic I would stay well away from them for screwing up something so basic and yet so critical.

I am a little concerned that your filter isn't correctly on there even now.

Are you sure you properly inserted the tongue on the backside of the filter into the slot of the mount? Then snapped the front spring clip into place?

It is difficult to get that rear tongue seated right with the fuel lines connected. You can tell everything is right by tugging on the filter. The filter should wiggle just a little bit in a controlled way. If the filter feels in anyway loose it is still not seated correctly and will work its way free again.

 

Got it, thanks.

 

The biggest fuel issue is when you put on 5 bar regulators and shoot up the pump amperage and melt the wires going into the fuel tank.