GT3 oil leak
10-03-2010, 08:42 AM
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GT3 oil leak
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New to this forum and found it by googling GT3 RMS oil leak....
I have a 997.1 GT3 and have been "diagnosed" with an out of warranty RMS oil leak, plus apparently the crankcase needs resealing. This would be the 4th RMS and as I have lost maybe 10 drops of oil from the car in 3 years it seems to be that the best advice is to just leave it as the main dealers cannot fix it.
My question relates the the need to reseal the crankcase. If I am losing so little oil, why bother with this one?
Thanks in advance.
New to this forum and found it by googling GT3 RMS oil leak....
I have a 997.1 GT3 and have been "diagnosed" with an out of warranty RMS oil leak, plus apparently the crankcase needs resealing. This would be the 4th RMS and as I have lost maybe 10 drops of oil from the car in 3 years it seems to be that the best advice is to just leave it as the main dealers cannot fix it.
My question relates the the need to reseal the crankcase. If I am losing so little oil, why bother with this one?
Thanks in advance.
10-03-2010, 12:45 PM
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This is the Achille's Heal of Porsche. According to their distorted view of the world, there's no such thing as an "in warranty" RMS leak. Though the water cooled GT1 versions have been notorious for losing all the crank seals.
Resealing the case, well, that borders on fraud. I'd invite another dealer to verify that work and have them both stake their reputations on it before calling the BBB and the given state's BAR (bureau of automotive repair in California investigates this kind of apparent fraud.)
For the time being, put something under the car to catch the oil drip or wipe it off from time to time. and let it be. As far as a I know, there's no known (proven) correlation between high or low mileage, frequent or infrequent driving, hot or cold, track or street and the occurrence of the leak. So, there's no easy advice on how to improve things.
On the bright side, when you're ready to attend to it, it's a quick and cheap job to be done by a third party Porsche shope with expertise in the GT3 and have them install a lightweight flywheel kit.
Resealing the case, well, that borders on fraud. I'd invite another dealer to verify that work and have them both stake their reputations on it before calling the BBB and the given state's BAR (bureau of automotive repair in California investigates this kind of apparent fraud.)
For the time being, put something under the car to catch the oil drip or wipe it off from time to time. and let it be. As far as a I know, there's no known (proven) correlation between high or low mileage, frequent or infrequent driving, hot or cold, track or street and the occurrence of the leak. So, there's no easy advice on how to improve things.
On the bright side, when you're ready to attend to it, it's a quick and cheap job to be done by a third party Porsche shope with expertise in the GT3 and have them install a lightweight flywheel kit.
