missing ATF fluid (5+litres)
02-13-2019, 08:31 PM
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missing ATF fluid (5+litres)
client came in with a cayenne 92A , complaint was sluggish drive, and hesitation, check it and saw it needed to be revved pass4k to move, and it moved very little,.
took a look at the fluid level and strange I opened the plug removed the indicator, and not a drip came out, but no leaking visible anywhere?
refilled it, check level, all good and road test seems fine,,, told client upon pick up will need to do a follow up in 2 weeks to see what the level is.
strange,,, where did the oil go?
took a look at the fluid level and strange I opened the plug removed the indicator, and not a drip came out, but no leaking visible anywhere?
refilled it, check level, all good and road test seems fine,,, told client upon pick up will need to do a follow up in 2 weeks to see what the level is.
strange,,, where did the oil go?
02-13-2019, 11:48 PM
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client came in with a cayenne 92A , complaint was sluggish drive, and hesitation, check it and saw it needed to be revved pass4k to move, and it moved very little,.
took a look at the fluid level and strange I opened the plug removed the indicator, and not a drip came out, but no leaking visible anywhere?
refilled it, check level, all good and road test seems fine,,, told client upon pick up will need to do a follow up in 2 weeks to see what the level is.
strange,,, where did the oil go?
took a look at the fluid level and strange I opened the plug removed the indicator, and not a drip came out, but no leaking visible anywhere?
refilled it, check level, all good and road test seems fine,,, told client upon pick up will need to do a follow up in 2 weeks to see what the level is.
strange,,, where did the oil go?
my guess would be he (or previous owner) went to a "cheaper" shop for ATF flush.. and they forgot to put oil in...
I hope for everyone's sake the mistake wasn't made at a Porsche dealer
02-14-2019, 01:29 AM
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Either you're a dealer type person or an indy top of person. Had to think that someone referred to as "client" would take the car to an indy.
I'm betting the Porsche service center did the mistake if that's what happened.
I'm betting the Porsche service center did the mistake if that's what happened.
02-14-2019, 01:50 AM
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client came in with a cayenne 92A , complaint was sluggish drive, and hesitation, check it and saw it needed to be revved pass4k to move, and it moved very little,.
took a look at the fluid level and strange I opened the plug removed the indicator, and not a drip came out, but no leaking visible anywhere?
refilled it, check level, all good and road test seems fine,,, told client upon pick up will need to do a follow up in 2 weeks to see what the level is.
strange,,, where did the oil go?
took a look at the fluid level and strange I opened the plug removed the indicator, and not a drip came out, but no leaking visible anywhere?
refilled it, check level, all good and road test seems fine,,, told client upon pick up will need to do a follow up in 2 weeks to see what the level is.
strange,,, where did the oil go?
02-14-2019, 10:48 AM
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checked the truck after overnight parking in the shop, and saw yes the cooler has a small leak, , the client just acknowledge that they did saw spots in their driveway, to help his mindset, last week her husband has the car engine clean, hence the lack of oil under.
anyway I'm removing the front bumper, and we saw the aluminum bypass pipe on the cooler was full of crap, and it rusted out, cooler cost 1084.90$
took it apart and re-welded the pipe,, problem solve no more leak, , ** note*** the front bumper is a pain in the butt.
anyway I'm removing the front bumper, and we saw the aluminum bypass pipe on the cooler was full of crap, and it rusted out, cooler cost 1084.90$
took it apart and re-welded the pipe,, problem solve no more leak, , ** note*** the front bumper is a pain in the butt.
Last edited by grandmotors phil; 02-14-2019 at 12:18 PM.
02-16-2019, 10:58 PM
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Yes tbanks for the pointer. Yes the Salt up here is a vehicle killer’ at my shop we do lots of euro’s and import so I get some weird issues from time to time.
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02-17-2019, 03:48 PM
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