Wow, seriously?! Not defensive at all, just trying to look at this issue objectively and logically. Agree, leaking oil is never normal. It appears you misunderstood what I was saying... an oil leak CAN happen to any vehicle even though it certainly isn’t normal, and it can be just a random unfortunate and unexpected occurrence. I’ve experienced it on a couple vehicles before myself, no fun. Like I said, none of us really know yet if this is a widespread chronic issue beyond a relatively smallish percentage affected versus total production. Maybe, maybe not. We’ll just have to see how this goes over time. If it happens, we’ll get it fixed. And if it is widespread, hopefully Porsche will do the right thing and issue a recall or a TSB at the very least as they’ve done with other past issues for other models.

Over my 40+ years of enthusiast/performance/special interest auto ownership of several makes/models, I’ve seen these things play out many, many times. Sometimes an issue turns out to be a widespread defect, and other times not, even though there were reports of the same problem by some owners. We’re entering the 5th year of the Macan now and despite the links and chatter about this leak referenced online, I’m just not seeing something of epidemic proportions yet IMHO. I’m not ruling it out by any means, it could get to that point perhaps. Again, we’ll see over time.

And with all due respect, the fact that one dealer says they’ve seen the problem often versus one or two that say they haven’t, makes that dealer no more or less credible than any other. It only means their experience has been different with their customer base. I have a close relationship with my dealership personal and I trust them.

ANYWAY, kind of done with this now, spent WAY too much time on it already. I’ve voiced my thoughts on the issue. Best of luck with your Macan from this point forward. Glad you got it sorted out. I’ll keep an eye on mine.

You Tube

I was under our ‘16 Turbo yesterday changing the oil and filter and flushing the brakes... and inspecting everything.

Looks like ours has the leak from timing chain cover. I’ll post a picture later. Its CPO so, it will go to the dealer.

This video ...
... is simply either the result of ignorance or deliberate BS and FUD. The dealer has every incentive to find every possible problem they can find while your Porsche is under warranty. The dealer doesn’t fund the warranty: PCNA does. As long as a warranty repair is approved by PCNA the dealership gets reimbursed for the expense. If a dealer ‘goodwills’ a denied warranty repair then, yes, it is out-of-dealer-pocket but this is a rare occurrence unless you’re a ‘serial new buyer’ and the dealer wants to keep (or steel) your business.

That freeking sucks (the part you deleted.)

But, if you’re still around: does your story pertain to the cam cover leak or the chain cover leak?

I try to treat the (very few) techs that work on our Porsches right. So, I’d like to know if I’m going to be asking them to lose money.

TIA

Interesting info, but first post ever here in Rennlist, then deleted?! Josh34, where are you? Not sure why you deleted because everyone subscribed to this thread still has the full text of your post anyway via the email notification for a new posting that Rennlist sends out.

🤔

IMO He was counting on this. It’s a way to get the info into cyberspace and brush over the trail... a bit.

Possibly, but now we’re left wondering if this was credible or not. 🤔

I’m pretty much skeptical of everything. But, when you see smoke, though you shouldn’t go all-in on assuming fire, I think it’s a good idea to be aware that there might be fire.

I’ve had many conversations with Porsche Techs and Josh34’s tale doesn’t completely surprise me. It is, however, the first time I’ve heard, directly, of a (apparently very) common problem being so under-reimbursed. Porsche’s dealer warranty reimbursement procedures are not what I would consider uniformly fair.