Yes. In state of Virginia, either 3 times in for same repair, or over 30 total days for repair qualify it.

 

Man, sorry to hear of the proliferation of RMS issues, and am surprised based on the robustness of the 996 GT3s. Hopefully there's a fix soon and the issue doesn't impact resale values for those who eventually want out.

 

I have the leak now on my 07 GT3RS. about 6k miles or so.

 

Can someone say class action suit, ie all 996's & 997's; c2's , c4's gt3's, gt3rs'

 

Ours has it too... However it's the perfect time to try the modified and lightened 964 light weight flywheel.. managed to shave 3 pounds off of the LWF...

 

what, you lathed it down and drilled more holes on the disc?

 

I couldn't help it.... I had one there and... OK, no I didn't do it but that's kinda/sorta the right idea. I'm not worried about fatigue/strength because it's the same one used on those crazy 700/800 hp cars. I know the 964'ers used to do it too back in the day. Might not be worth anything although there's this funky four puck motorsport disc here too that's about 3 pounds lighter than stock too If I'm lucky the car might still be driveable....

 

I thought you were using a 993 seal. Does that mean that it doesn't work either?

 

There's three (or is it four now?) cars using it locally we were just waiting for the flywheel to get done but I'll put it in now....

 

If this works, you need to contact Porsche and get them to adopt it. (And find a way to get a cut for yourself as well.)

Dumb question, but other than a leak, what is the downside of using the "wrong" seal? Possibility of it blowing out completely? Increased friction?

 

It _should_ work because it's what was used on the 996gt3, the 996tt etc... and those rarely had issues like that. It's a different design and James says much better for a "Seal".

 

sadly this will be my 1st post here. lol.

year: 2008
mileage: 5100 mi
build date: 07/30/07

 

Doesn't this board support a poll feature ? Would be easier to count ...
12/15/2007 MY08 here
1st RMS June 08 at 4kmi
Oil: whatever they put in there ;-)

Cost to Porsche NA must be waaaay more than 1K a pop. Don't know what the official shop time is on a RMS, but it's a nice biz for the dealerships. Short term at least.

 

The RMS issue has been popping up on ALL forums related to watercooled (996, 986, and later) model Porsches. I remember similar threads on a Boxster forum couple of years ago. The issue has been ongoing for more than a decade now and Porsche has been unable to find a solution. I've been lucky (so far!) with my 06 Boxster S (14k miles) -- dry as a bone -- but I find it mind-boggling that $100k+ cars would continue to have a ridiculous issue like this and still keep finding a market willing to pay the price.

Some here have stated 5-10 weeks of time lost to the car being parked at the dealer. Considering that a driving season here at the north-east is about 6 months (25 weeks), that's a huge chunk of driving time denied due to the problem.

I find it appaling that Porsche has decided to just patch-up this problem during warranty, and rid itself of it once the car exits the warranty period. They must have calculated that their profit margins (highest in the auto industry) can safely carry this cost over the warranty period. Good for them, but what does it say about their integrity? There's no official acknowledgement, or statistics on the issue (and I'm sure they have them). Keeping this under "hush-hush" and ramping up the marketing ("robust", "high quality", etc. German engineering) seems like a strategy that's been working for them so far.

I was under the impression that ALL GT3s, GT2s, and turbos were much more immune to leaks than the rest of the models, due to sharing the original racing-derived engine block. So surprised to see so many 997 GT3s experiencing it. Is the concensus that the 996 GT3 are faring better, for some reason?

We all love our P-cars but, as with all love, there's a limit to the price one's willing to pay for it. For each of us, that limit differs, but it's still there, and if I was Porsche I'd be careful not to test it too closely.

Z.

 

Came in at 5,500 miles. Daily driver, 3-4 track days per year, driven hard when driven.