Potential buyer : concerns? Reality?
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Potential buyer : concerns? Reality?
Ok... I own a 993 and 997TT, and both have been very solid cars with little to no issues, and DIY maintenance.
I'm looking at a Macan S.
I've read a few oil leaks and transfer case concerns.
Are these a small number?
Can the transfer case be avoided with fluid changes and a new vent tube?
Is the oil leak a real problem or just seepage ?
Thanks in advance.
DZ
I'm looking at a Macan S.
I've read a few oil leaks and transfer case concerns.
Are these a small number?
Can the transfer case be avoided with fluid changes and a new vent tube?
Is the oil leak a real problem or just seepage ?
Thanks in advance.
DZ
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Ok... I own a 993 and 997TT, and both have been very solid cars with little to no issues, and DIY maintenance.
I'm looking at a Macan S.
I've read a few oil leaks and transfer case concerns.
Are these a small number?
Can the transfer case be avoided with fluid changes and a new vent tube?
Is the oil leak a real problem or just seepage ?
Thanks in advance.
DZ
I'm looking at a Macan S.
I've read a few oil leaks and transfer case concerns.
Are these a small number?
Can the transfer case be avoided with fluid changes and a new vent tube?
Is the oil leak a real problem or just seepage ?
Thanks in advance.
DZ
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OP, are you planing to buy new or used? If used, I recommend going with a CPO vehicle. Not that either of these issues happen in every vehicle by any means, but if either does happen to yours, they're both costly to repair. So you'd want a warranty.
As for TC fluid changes and the vent tube, I'd guess that more frequent fluid changes would help as it does with the Cayenne units. My dealership's senior tech recommends every 30k miles on both the Cayennes and the Macans, much more frequent than the maintenance schedule recommends. If the Macan TC is like the Cayenne unit, then the vent tube kit can't be installed without removing the TC. The newer revised TCs already come installed with the vent tube. I'm not certain when they started installing the revised version at the factory, but you can probably find it online with a little searching.
In any case, I wouldn't let either of these issues scare you off from a Macan purchase. Overall they're great vehicles with a high degree of reliability/durability, especially compared to many other vehicles in their segment from other makes.
As for TC fluid changes and the vent tube, I'd guess that more frequent fluid changes would help as it does with the Cayenne units. My dealership's senior tech recommends every 30k miles on both the Cayennes and the Macans, much more frequent than the maintenance schedule recommends. If the Macan TC is like the Cayenne unit, then the vent tube kit can't be installed without removing the TC. The newer revised TCs already come installed with the vent tube. I'm not certain when they started installing the revised version at the factory, but you can probably find it online with a little searching.
In any case, I wouldn't let either of these issues scare you off from a Macan purchase. Overall they're great vehicles with a high degree of reliability/durability, especially compared to many other vehicles in their segment from other makes.
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With your two other porsches. A Macan will be just like repairing another Porsche.
If you buy a car with existing warranty. Your covered.
If you buy a CPO car, you're covered for a little longer.
It is more complicated than a Mazda.
You can spend 3-4k on brakes at the dealer.
Or @15ooish at your indy.
Porsche makes the body, and engine.
OEM suppliers make the wear and tear items.
Porsche wiper blade, Bosch wiper blade.
Porsche brake rotor, Zimmerman rotor.
You know the drill....
If you buy a car with existing warranty. Your covered.
If you buy a CPO car, you're covered for a little longer.
It is more complicated than a Mazda.
You can spend 3-4k on brakes at the dealer.
Or @15ooish at your indy.
Porsche makes the body, and engine.
OEM suppliers make the wear and tear items.
Porsche wiper blade, Bosch wiper blade.
Porsche brake rotor, Zimmerman rotor.
You know the drill....
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Originally Posted by BIG smoke
With your two other porsches. A Macan will be just like repairing another Porsche.
If you buy a car with existing warranty. Your covered.
If you buy a CPO car, you're covered for a little longer.
It is more complicated than a Mazda.
You can spend 3-4k on brakes at the dealer.
Or @15ooish at your indy.
Porsche makes the body, and engine.
OEM suppliers make the wear and tear items.
Porsche wiper blade, Bosch wiper blade.
Porsche brake rotor, Zimmerman rotor.
You know the drill....
If you buy a car with existing warranty. Your covered.
If you buy a CPO car, you're covered for a little longer.
It is more complicated than a Mazda.
You can spend 3-4k on brakes at the dealer.
Or @15ooish at your indy.
Porsche makes the body, and engine.
OEM suppliers make the wear and tear items.
Porsche wiper blade, Bosch wiper blade.
Porsche brake rotor, Zimmerman rotor.
You know the drill....
My turbo requires... rear bumper, taillights, piping and y-pipe, intercoolers, lowering the engine, and moving some actuators around to do spark plugs every 15-20k miles.
My 993's 12 spark plugs with dual distributors is a spaghetti nightmare.
As long as it's bolt on stuff.. I'm good. My concern is around major failures.
The transfercase doesn't scare me, as I had to rebuild my 997 turbos. They are actually... very simple. Now timing chain cover ... that worries me. My 993 seeps oil out of it, but never a drop on the floor. If it's leaking.. that's another story.
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I'm not sure where the "More complicated than a Mazda" came from, In fact that whole post was a little confusing. Speaking of confusing, the 3rd gen RX-7's twin turbos are controlled by what the factory service manual refers to as "The rat's nest".
There is not one shop in the SF Bay Area that will touch the rat's nest. None.
There is not one shop in the SF Bay Area that will touch the rat's nest. None.
