kosmo

"Drivers, often wearing a helmet, are more distracted than on public roads because the focus and concentration is on performance driving rather than on any warning lamps..."

What utter bull****.
who here doesnt look that the temps/oil pressure/etc
whats the relevance of the helmet other than leading the reader to believe "youre racing so its Your fault" ???

while i never wish any harm on anyone, but i kinda wish this would happen to the lawyer(s) on this case!

0396

. Here's my .02 cents. Porsche Motorsports had to be aware of the possible'weak' link in the cooling system.. They can't afford to let this inferior part fail during a race.. I hate to say it. But unless some tragic event similar to the Toyota incident happens. I don't think PCNA / PAG...or the new parent company will act.

Tim Kay

My belief is that rebuilds on cup motors are done early enough that the epoxy application does not fail within that time frame. My shop replaces (did, anyway) r&r fittings, same as factor, when rebuilt.

Gofishracing

I've seen totaled cars from coolant fitting failures.. They knew they had glue issues - that's why they changed adhesives my guess.

kosmo

is that like P claiming there was nothing wrong w/ the CL, but redesigned anyway?

Gofishracing

Yep and torque them to 20% more than they were designed to handle. If they had fixed my coolant fittings I would have signed a non-disclosure for them :-)

kosmo

is there a way to check the fittings w/o dropping the engine?

sharkster

Not all of them no. You can see where they are here:
http://sharkwerks.com/porsche/techni...urbo-cars.html

Gofishracing

Great post. Goes right to the heart of the matter. That there is an issue even though Porsche says none.

911rox

Has the NTSBA accepted their response? Is it case closed???

Speeds5

No it won't be that easy. NHTSA will investigate further and most likely go back asking for more information based on the responses and on the facts they have from the claims.

CoGT3

2nd time for me. At 73k miles, water pump pulley shaft broke in half. While in the engine was out, confirmed 2nd coolant leak from plastic connector to oil cooler (first was sleeve backing out). Both where replaced with metal Sharkwerks parts. All coolant sleeves were pinned Sharkwerks style. Shop has welded in the past and wasn't happy with the results. They have also seen post 2010 cars with the supposedly improved epoxy leak.

sharkster

Good move We've seen fittings that were welded that had to be redone as they were porous... not an easy/simple way to do it a la pinning. Those water pump impellors/shafts are composite/plastic and don't last as long as they should either

CoGT3

I should get a small finders fee, the shop had not seen your metal replacement parts for the plastic fitting. Needless to say quite a few GT3/Cup cars in Florida will be sporting some new Sharkwerks parts (too bad you can't see them when installed, they're pretty!)

sharkster

aw thanks man Well for sure we have to do somethin' for ya!