Well . . . . After 13K miles over 3+ years of use my 997S 'finally' developed the infamous RMS leak. I thought after all these miles and time I was safe but after a long drive I noticed a few drops of oil on the garage floor the following morning. Had it repaired under warranty so it was no drain (pun intended) on the ole wallet. Tech claimed that the new seals are much better but I've heard that's not necessarily the case.

Had RMS leakage on my old Boxster (986) but it never dripped to the floor. Only under inspection could you see the oil buildup between the tranny & motor.

So, keep an eye on your garage floor and check frequently for oil spots. You might want to periodically inspect the tranny/motor interface while on a lift or ramp. If there is any sign of oil in that area it will in time get worse and result in a oil slick.

 

Assume your car to be an early 05?

 

Roger that . . . . #337 (August 2004 build)

 

I saw an oil spot on the floor in a showroom underneath a 2007 C2s with 3500 miles on it. Crawled under the car and found the spot from which it was leaking. The car hadnt even been sold as new yet!

 

What did the sales staff think of a customer crawling underneath their showroom inventory?

 

Typical 911 customer...; - )

 

I hope you ran, and not walked, from them! If they cannot have the cars on the showroom floor in order, I would hate to see service....

 

 

AP997S:
What part of the VIN would tell you that you have car #337?
I have an august '05 build C2 too.

 

First off . . . Mine is a August 2004 build.

The last 3 to 5 numbers of the VIN (depending on total quantity built) I believe tell the production number of the car. Like I mentioned in an earlier post mine ends in 0337 so it's the 337th 997S built for MY2005.

 

Sorry. Mine is an aug 04 build. My mistake.
The last 5 # are 15241
So is my car #241?

 

Since I don't know the preceding characters/numbers I think your 997 is a non 'S' version based on your avatar. If it's really an Aug 2004 build it must be MY2005.

Being built that early in the production cycle it sounds like it should be #241 but I would think there would be a least one (1) a zero (0) preceding the 241.

I think RennTech.com has a VIN decoder that you might want to look at. It will tell you precisely what all your VIN #'s mean.

 

I certainly dont blame anyone for the car in the showroom leaking. I think I was the first one to notice it. It was a owners demo and was the first time inside? I'm sure as soon as I left it went to service!

 

Here's the link to the VIN Decoder:

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index...de=vin_decoder

 

Thanks for the link. I tried it with my VIN#. it only goes so far as to say the car is an MY05 production. It doesnt give the actual production month/year. I found from the paper work-work that my car was 1st delivered in 8/04. So it had be be june '04 build. But how do i find out for sure? Is it on the car somwhere? I just want to know how much of an early build it is.