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Replaced by belt today after I met another rl'er today
Needed to buy a 30 mm combination wrench to rotate tensioner to slacken belt. Hardest part was removing original belt, new one went in fairly easy. No need to remove bumper as when you remove the licence plate bracket there is indeed a glory hole to access the motor bracket separator. I made a simple diagram showing belt routing to assist in new placement.
Cleaned the throttlebody as well, it was not that dirty. 70,000km
Replaced airfilters which were quite dirty and were previousy replaced at 59,000 km by original owners dealer. Im not sure what the interval is on air filters but I will be doing them again in 10,000 km.
It does seem to have a little smoother/better idle. But it wasnt bad before hand. Spark plugs are next on the list
Glory hole
Routing belt, note dark throttlebody
Throttle body cleaned and back in place after removal
Just had my original 2006 drive belt replacement at 66,000 KM (41,000 miles) 11 years later. The old belt is showing very little sign of wear.... The tech reported no license plate and/or bumper removal was necessary.... I don't know how he did it and I didn't ask as I was in a hurry to get out of there... cost C$205 (U$155) part + labor
10 mins????? Takes me 10 mins just to get the tools out have a beer then put them back away.......your quick!!!
I'm going to be doing mine and I'm putting the timer on.
Bah, the beer should only be like 2 minutes of that.
Hi - My '06 997S is in for 2yr service interval.
Just got a call stating drive belt showing signs of cracking and should be replaced @ $270. I ok'd it.
Then checked my files and see they replaced it 2 years ago during the last service. Car has had 3,000 miles in 2 years and is garage stored in the SF Bay Area.
Is it possible for the belt to be cracking? sounds like i'm getting screwed either now or prior service (both from same dealer).
Hi - My '06 997S is in for 2yr service interval.
Just got a call stating drive belt showing signs of cracking and should be replaced @ $270. I ok'd it.
Then checked my files and see they replaced it 2 years ago during the last service. Car has had 3,000 miles in 2 years and is garage stored in the SF Bay Area.
Is it possible for the belt to be cracking? sounds like i'm getting screwed either now or prior service (both from same dealer).
No way the belt degraded like that in two years unless the first time they installed a very old belt that had been sitting for years in a very hot place. More likely they either didn't actually change it the first time or someone is screwing you this time. In any case I think they owe you a freebie on this one. If they try to claim this is normal, I'd first speak to the General Manager at the dealership, then suggest telling them you will be contacting Porsche NA to discuss this and then do it if they don't back off. That's just wrong!
No way the belt degraded like that in two years unless the first time they installed a very old belt that had been sitting for years in a very hot place. More likely they either didn't actually change it the first time or someone is screwing you this time. In any case I think they owe you a freebie on this one. If they try to claim this is normal, I'd first speak to the General Manager at the dealership, then suggest telling them you will be contacting Porsche NA to discuss this and then do it if they don't back off. That's just wrong!
In the end they comped it! however I had to push back, they looked for the current belt but couldn't find it and offered to do it for $80 at cost. I said no way -- as I already paid for this repair 2 years / 3k mi ago and either they didn't do it right or at all or it didn't need to be done. He complied. Not sure if it was orchestrated or not but still...
Wound up buying two new tools: 30mm open end wrench and one of those object grabber thingies so I could extract the engine spacer bolt out through the glory hole behind the license plate.
Get the 30mm wrench from Home Depot. It's $9.99. The same thing at Lowe's was >$30!
The hardest part was getting the damn airbox back into place and fitting the rubber intake coupler that joins the airbox and throttle body together. It's a super tight fit. I got frustrated at one point and wound up breaking the plastic pegs that holds the airbox in place (the one closest to the latch that holds the trunk lid shut). $2.50 part I have to special order now :P
I just replaced mine 6 years after the build date. Had it done at the dealer since my car still has CPO warranty and want to avoid any headaches in case something happens. $400.
04-07-2017, 07:17 PM
