Light bore scoring found in PPI
02-08-2016, 04:21 PM
#136
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But yes. Probably.
02-08-2016, 05:41 PM
#137
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As an original owner of a 2006 997.1 S, who had bore scoring and ultimately purchased a new engine, I would say for you to RUN or ask for a $20K - $30K discount to cover the new engine that is in your future.
04-09-2016, 10:00 PM
#139
Former Vendor
You'll also find the piston skirt coating in the process of failure. This is the primary failure, which creates the cylinder wear, as the dos- similar wear surface being compromised leads to the bore scoring.
04-10-2016, 01:50 AM
#140
Thank you all! Well I have to admit it was love at first sight with this car.
But . . . alas it was not meant to be. I will walk.
Here is a final question: what then is the car worth?
34? 24?
What if I could get the car at a deep discount. No indication that I could, but I'm curious.
But . . . alas it was not meant to be. I will walk.
Here is a final question: what then is the car worth?
34? 24?
What if I could get the car at a deep discount. No indication that I could, but I'm curious.
04-10-2016, 09:37 AM
#141
Bore scoring
I am bothered by the people that say all cars have bore scoring and its somewhat acceptable in the 997. Well most cars are not 20k to rebuild a motor. I love the 997 platform and have had two of them, I would definately do tons of due dilegence if I buy another.
04-10-2016, 11:55 AM
#142
No..not all cars are, but from personal experience I was quoted 24k for a an motor from porsche, 18 thousand to do low end rebuild by jake raby and 13 thousand to do a rebuild by another company somewhere in florida. And that's still all ridiculous price if OP buys a car for 43 large and then has to deal with it even 3 years down the road.
04-10-2016, 04:01 PM
#143
Nordschleife Master
rod, do you know the manufacture date of your car?
This kind of stuff scares the crap out of me. I must admit, I didn't do a ton of research on these cars before purchasing one. I was lucky enough to find one here on the board with only 20,000 miles and a 2005c2s. I thought the extended Warranty through the end of 2019 would give me piece of mind regarding the IMS issue (then save my pennies and if nothing happens, just before the warranty runs out, spend the money to get the IMS fixed the correct way, and not worry about it again). Now I have to worry about scoring? crap!!!!! I guess it is good that the motor only has 20k mikes on it, less chance of scoring, but still scary stuff.
04-10-2016, 05:08 PM
#144
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04-10-2016, 07:48 PM
#145
Instructor
I agree that if you really want to know, you would have to take the head off and feel. My guess is that almost every engine with at least 10K miles has some type of abrasion marks from normal impurities and thermal expansion.
04-11-2016, 07:21 PM
#148
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That's the plan. I know that they say they don't know 100% for sure if it has the replaceable IMS or not until they look at it and build date and engine number isn't enough to know for sure. It is such an early build date and engine number of not 100% for sure, maybe it's 99.99%.
04-12-2016, 03:03 PM
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04-22-2016, 09:10 PM
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All,
I thought you might be interested in the conclusion of this story. I did say that I would buy the car if it was discounted by 2/3 of an engine rebuild. No go. The car was sold at auction--and get this--for 41k.
Maybe it will never amount to much, or maybe it will require a rebuild.
I thought you might be interested in the conclusion of this story. I did say that I would buy the car if it was discounted by 2/3 of an engine rebuild. No go. The car was sold at auction--and get this--for 41k.
Maybe it will never amount to much, or maybe it will require a rebuild.