DIY Coolant Fitting Fix with Motor In the Car
#17
PS- for folks looking to do this consider using Loctite 2620. It is what I used when we did our fitting jobs last year. Look at the MSDS sheet (attached)- gets stronger in the presence of ethylene glycol and has an extreme temperature range. 271 Red is only good to 300f, 2620 goes to +650f It is bad-*** stuff.
You definitely will not find this in your local Pepboys or AutoZone, trust me Fastenal has it: http://www.fastenal.com/web/products...ex?sku=0608689
You definitely will not find this in your local Pepboys or AutoZone, trust me Fastenal has it: http://www.fastenal.com/web/products...ex?sku=0608689
Last edited by savyboy; 02-10-2012 at 08:36 AM. Reason: fix spelling
#18
Racer
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Steve- very nice. My respect to whoever is doing the actual work. You?
The picture you used above of a fitting that came out is from one of my posts about this time last year. My local Porsche tech and I did a 10000% over-engineered solution on that gentleman's car
The potential for catastrophic results if the fitting fails in inarguable. Your solution allows for what should be a "soft fail" with plenty of warning the epoxy has let loose - steam, smell, drips of coolant rather than an instant spin producing firehose release.
Also, with a (~70%+) lower cost to implement, your fix is much more likely to be done. Great work and a well thought out process. Thanks for taking the time to post this!
The picture you used above of a fitting that came out is from one of my posts about this time last year. My local Porsche tech and I did a 10000% over-engineered solution on that gentleman's car
The potential for catastrophic results if the fitting fails in inarguable. Your solution allows for what should be a "soft fail" with plenty of warning the epoxy has let loose - steam, smell, drips of coolant rather than an instant spin producing firehose release.
Also, with a (~70%+) lower cost to implement, your fix is much more likely to be done. Great work and a well thought out process. Thanks for taking the time to post this!
Thanks for the pics, I forgot where they came from!
Pinning the fittings just may well also prevent what you call a "soft fail". With the mechanical bond of the steel screw, as long as the existing bond is still intact, you would have increased the overall strength by at least the shear strength of the screw, which for a steel 8-32 screw is about 350 lbs, exceeding the 15 or 20 lbs load that the hose exerts on the fitting. That's not including the shear strength that is achieved on the surfaces from screwing the two pieces together. If a portion of the existing glue bond were to fail, the bond of the screw should prevent further propagation of the failure by preventing movement, which much like a cracking weld, continual movement and load stress on the remaining portion overstress the remaining material.
If though on the worst case situation of full decoupling of the bond material, I would expect any minerals in the coolant that entrap themselves in the delaminated bond to dry off and create a permanent seal preventing any further leaks including coolant and steam.
#19
It is a joy for me to see some rational, deep thought going into a fix like this. One of the best technical posts I have seen in a very long time. Hat off and a bow to you Steve
#20
Race Car
In the sharkwerks thread on the '6 GT3 board I brought that up and Sharkwerks chimed in and stated that they've done 30-50 of these with the pinned solution now and have not seen a single one leak. As long as the fitting stayts put in the housing the adhesive and the tight space is enough to keep anything from leaking.
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-gt2-...ark-werks.html
I'm very strongly considering this route now, I'm just concerned that the two extra fittings on the '6 GT3 behind the power steering pump might be more difficult to get to.
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Any .2 GT3's had this issue?
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Steve,
Thanks for the great and detailed write-up, and the pictures as well.
The worse thing is not to do anything. These fittings fail. I had 2 failures with my 996 GT3, and both of them happened at a racetrack.
I wonder if Porsche has done anything in this regard with the GT3 Cup/Cup R/RSR? This type of failure can ruin a race in ALMS/Grand-Am/SuperCup.
I hope all is well, I miss running at El Toro.
Thanks for the great and detailed write-up, and the pictures as well.
The worse thing is not to do anything. These fittings fail. I had 2 failures with my 996 GT3, and both of them happened at a racetrack.
I wonder if Porsche has done anything in this regard with the GT3 Cup/Cup R/RSR? This type of failure can ruin a race in ALMS/Grand-Am/SuperCup.
I hope all is well, I miss running at El Toro.
#26
Three Wheelin'
Steve,
Thanks for the great and detailed write-up, and the pictures as well.
The worse thing is not to do anything. These fittings fail. I had 2 failures with my 996 GT3, and both of them happened at a racetrack.
I wonder if Porsche has done anything in this regard with the GT3 Cup/Cup R/RSR? This type of failure can ruin a race in ALMS/Grand-Am/SuperCup.
I hope all is well, I miss running at El Toro.
Thanks for the great and detailed write-up, and the pictures as well.
The worse thing is not to do anything. These fittings fail. I had 2 failures with my 996 GT3, and both of them happened at a racetrack.
I wonder if Porsche has done anything in this regard with the GT3 Cup/Cup R/RSR? This type of failure can ruin a race in ALMS/Grand-Am/SuperCup.
I hope all is well, I miss running at El Toro.
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Steve,
Thanks for the great and detailed write-up, and the pictures as well.
The worse thing is not to do anything. These fittings fail. I had 2 failures with my 996 GT3, and both of them happened at a racetrack.
I wonder if Porsche has done anything in this regard with the GT3 Cup/Cup R/RSR? This type of failure can ruin a race in ALMS/Grand-Am/SuperCup.
I hope all is well, I miss running at El Toro.
Thanks for the great and detailed write-up, and the pictures as well.
The worse thing is not to do anything. These fittings fail. I had 2 failures with my 996 GT3, and both of them happened at a racetrack.
I wonder if Porsche has done anything in this regard with the GT3 Cup/Cup R/RSR? This type of failure can ruin a race in ALMS/Grand-Am/SuperCup.
I hope all is well, I miss running at El Toro.
#28
Steve,
Thanks for the great and detailed write-up, and the pictures as well.
The worse thing is not to do anything. These fittings fail. I had 2 failures with my 996 GT3, and both of them happened at a racetrack.
I wonder if Porsche has done anything in this regard with the GT3 Cup/Cup R/RSR? This type of failure can ruin a race in ALMS/Grand-Am/SuperCup.
I hope all is well, I miss running at El Toro.
Thanks for the great and detailed write-up, and the pictures as well.
The worse thing is not to do anything. These fittings fail. I had 2 failures with my 996 GT3, and both of them happened at a racetrack.
I wonder if Porsche has done anything in this regard with the GT3 Cup/Cup R/RSR? This type of failure can ruin a race in ALMS/Grand-Am/SuperCup.
I hope all is well, I miss running at El Toro.
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I find it frustrating that PCA puts out newletters and mandates in the coolant line issue, but Porsche continues to play stupid and act like it doesn't exist.
From a warranty and DE perspective, us drivers really have no options. If we use wetter, or even better weld lines, Porsche voids warranty. If we do nothing, then we risk our safety, and also the safety of others on the track. Its garbage....
From a warranty and DE perspective, us drivers really have no options. If we use wetter, or even better weld lines, Porsche voids warranty. If we do nothing, then we risk our safety, and also the safety of others on the track. Its garbage....
#30
Drifting
I find it frustrating that PCA puts out newletters and mandates in the coolant line issue, but Porsche continues to play stupid and act like it doesn't exist.
From a warranty and DE perspective, us drivers really have no options. If we use wetter, or even better weld lines, Porsche voids warranty. If we do nothing, then we risk our safety, and also the safety of others on the track. Its garbage....
From a warranty and DE perspective, us drivers really have no options. If we use wetter, or even better weld lines, Porsche voids warranty. If we do nothing, then we risk our safety, and also the safety of others on the track. Its garbage....