TeeJayHoward

Thank you. I'm not sure if I just increased my stress or reduced it, but I no longer have to worry about the 911 as my only car:



Bought a beater with a heater. Another '08 horizontally opposed AWD stick shift. On the flip side, my savings account is now empty. I've got no money for Porsche parts for the next month or so.

Big Swole

Keep your head up brother!!

Hueneme997

Dude it’s the perfect DD! Your DD shouldn’t be too nice anyway. I’ve got my Chevy Volt and it’s great, I don’t have to give a crap about it.

So for the next few weeks put your lift in and start pulling it apart, and keep us posted please!

Steve 96C4S

I just read the entire post. Seeing it for the first time. I only wish you had the money and interest initially to let a Porsche Dealer near you fix literally everything on the car, regardless of cost, so you didn't have t spend so much precious free time and scads of money dealing with it yourself. Then, in 2 weeks when they fixed EVERYTHING, you'd have a lovely car to drive and wouldn't have needed the Subaru, the lift, etc. But that's not how your life unfolded here and it is what it is.

It's been gut wrenching to read. Best of luck with the car from here on out... I'm speechless.

TeeJayHoward

Put the car up on jack stands, covered the underside in baby powder, and filled it with coolant. The leak is coming from here, somewhere:



Anyone know of any coolant lines that run through there? Or above that area, I suppose - can't see anything with the engine in the car.

A418t81

Thats a 9A1, 997.2 motor, not the Mezger like yours.

TeeJayHoward

Oops!


I can't find an image in the same area in the Metzger, so... The leak is coming from the above location. Ideas?

edit: Go-go eBay. Is the highlighted tube a coolant line? If so, it seems a likely location for the leak I'm experiencing.

Kevin

Kevin

The above picture was posted by Saabin 997TT

It looks like you have one of your heat exchanger coolant fittings leaking.. Typical problem on this engine.

nzskater

Get a borescope and check it out before dropping the engine, but I'd expect Kevin is right. Replace with sharkwerks elbows.

TeeJayHoward

I thought all of that was on the front of the engine, with the water pump and whatnot. My leak's in the back.

I hadn't thought about the borescope. That's a good idea. Is the Harbor Freight one any good, or should I spring for a big boy toy?

jeebus31

i got a fiber optic camera that attaches to the iPhone for like 30 bucks from amazon. I used it to snake it into a spark plug hole. Should work well enough for your purpose.

MexicoBlueTurboS

Hoping it's an easy fix for you TJ.

TeeJayHoward

Aaand, the Subaru is leaking oil. Looks like a rear main seal. Jeesh, no luck at all.

Hueneme997

a lot of oil? Or just fill er up every now and then until the TT is up and running?