AC stopped working; dealer says condenser needs to be replaced on my dime.
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more performace = more heat.....more heat = need for more cooling .........more cooling = bigger opening in the bumper............bigger hole in the bumper = sometimes **** may go in
20 years of porsche..........but were they water cooled............air cooled cars were very diffrent
front engined cars were very diffrent
20 years of porsche..........but were they water cooled............air cooled cars were very diffrent
front engined cars were very diffrent
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Originally Posted by 99firehawk
more performace = more heat.....more heat = need for more cooling .........more cooling = bigger opening in the bumper............bigger hole in the bumper = sometimes **** may go in
20 years of porsche..........but were they water cooled............air cooled cars were very diffrent
front engined cars were very diffrent
20 years of porsche..........but were they water cooled............air cooled cars were very diffrent
front engined cars were very diffrent
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Originally Posted by discoganya
Brad, when you say more performance = more heat, surely you mean more load on the engine cooling system. More work for the radiators (hence the need for some folks to use a third radiator) and more care in selecting and maintaining the coolant. But the AC? I have never heard of a condenser blowing because of road debris. That's why I was shocked in post #2. Secondly, I would expect road debris to puncture the condenser tubing, causing sudden and complete failure of the AC system. This however appeared to be a slow leak, which I've seen happen many times in many cars. Having a customer pay for this is criminal ... but that's just my thinking.
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Originally Posted by discoganya
Brad, when you say more performance = more heat, surely you mean more load on the engine cooling system. More work for the radiators (hence the need for some folks to use a third radiator) and more care in selecting and maintaining the coolant. But the AC? I have never heard of a condenser blowing because of road debris. That's why I was shocked in post #2. Secondly, I would expect road debris to puncture the condenser tubing, causing sudden and complete failure of the AC system. This however appeared to be a slow leak, which I've seen happen many times in many cars. Having a customer pay for this is criminal ... but that's just my thinking.
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while providing more air it also provies a bigger target for road debris,
the condensor is in front of the radiator so really its protecting the radiator.
much easier to drive it in with no ac then with no coolant
we arent talking about hitting a cinder block, just a small pebble at 70 mph is a missle. it may very well be a small leak, and they should have deffinalty added dye to the system to find the leak, unless its a very obvious hit on the condensor. It really isnt porsche fault that something came off the road and hit your car, and theres no reason to expect porshe to pay for it.
Its not a defect as we do see it happen, we really only do one maybe 2 a month, so out of the 1000s of cars we service its a rather low percentage.
moral of the story keep a safe following distance.
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So, the moral of this story is... any screen coarse enough to _not_ restrict airflow to the radiators / heat exchangers will likely not protect said devices from impact damage - so there's no screen.
I like Brad's insight - it's easier to drive with no a/c vs. no coolant <g>. That still doesn't help Alan and if I were him, I'd be pissed off, too.
I like Brad's insight - it's easier to drive with no a/c vs. no coolant <g>. That still doesn't help Alan and if I were him, I'd be pissed off, too.
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Originally Posted by 99firehawk
20 years of porsche..........but were they water cooled............air cooled cars were very diffrent
front engined cars were very diffrent
front engined cars were very diffrent
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The design sucks. The inlets for the cooling system should be protected...not completely exposed to ingest and collect debris.
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Originally Posted by Alan Smithee
Yes, they were air-cooled...but they still had oil coolers and AC condensers in the front.
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I learned from a successful cup car racing team to do the following for the track in lieu of screens...
Basic "blue" air conditioning filter element (found at Home Depot) cut to fit the side and center inlets. (cut about 1/2 larger all around and manually insert and press in around the edges.) Absolutlely NO increase in engine temperature was experienced. I have used these for the past two years on my GT3 (996) and now on my GT3 (997). They stop all stones, bugs, rubber, etc. from the track and when you remove them you will find all this debris has dropped to the bottom of your inlets and a complete pile of debris comes out. Your cooling fins will be virgin.
Basic "blue" air conditioning filter element (found at Home Depot) cut to fit the side and center inlets. (cut about 1/2 larger all around and manually insert and press in around the edges.) Absolutlely NO increase in engine temperature was experienced. I have used these for the past two years on my GT3 (996) and now on my GT3 (997). They stop all stones, bugs, rubber, etc. from the track and when you remove them you will find all this debris has dropped to the bottom of your inlets and a complete pile of debris comes out. Your cooling fins will be virgin.
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I read the board more than I post. The one common thread with Ben.....He comes across in a manner that belittles people.
Not very cool no matter how much knowledge he does or does not have.
I loved it when his part time job was to monitor everyone's post and then make sure no one else posted something without doing a thorough search of eveyeon else's previous post so as to mitigate the chances of duplicate posts.
Can you say control freak?
Not very cool no matter how much knowledge he does or does not have.
I loved it when his part time job was to monitor everyone's post and then make sure no one else posted something without doing a thorough search of eveyeon else's previous post so as to mitigate the chances of duplicate posts.
Can you say control freak?
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Originally Posted by Tracym
I read the board more than I post. The one common thread with Ben.....He comes across in a manner that belittles people.
Not very cool no matter how much knowledge he does or does not have.
I loved it when his part time job was to monitor everyone's post and then make sure no one else posted something without doing a thorough search of eveyeon else's previous post so as to mitigate the chances of duplicate posts.
Can you say control freak?
Not very cool no matter how much knowledge he does or does not have.
I loved it when his part time job was to monitor everyone's post and then make sure no one else posted something without doing a thorough search of eveyeon else's previous post so as to mitigate the chances of duplicate posts.
Can you say control freak?
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Originally Posted by Alan Smithee
The design sucks. The inlets for the cooling system should be protected...not completely exposed to ingest and collect debris.
I just don't understand why they do not have screens to protect all these items and on the underside, an access door to open up and clean out any debris w/o taking the whole damn bumper off!! That would be a great design, but for now we all have to deal with this. I would still argue the point of it being just that, a design flaw that we are all expected to pay.
If previous air-cooled models do have protective screens, why the hell go away from that design for water cooled? Makes no sence whatsoever!
I really need to find the time and have FarnbacherLoles put the screens in, and soon!!!
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Now, do I send the bill to PCNA??
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You obviously cannot engineer away every possible threat to vital parts, but I don't think it is asking too much to expect that items placed in vulnerable locations should be designed to avert common hazards. Come on Porsche you can and SHOULD do better than this!