Bolt (?) broke and fell off my car. Anyone know what this is for?
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Hi everyone, just heard back from the dealer so I have the answer to the question of where it came from.
It's from... a cylinder mount... ouch!
The only way to get to it so they can drill out the broken bolt is to drop the engine.
Guess that makes this a really expensive bolt! Yay for having a warranty. Looks like no 991 for a week or so.
Have a Cayenne Diesel as a loaner... who here's up for a ride to Vegas?
(j/k, or am I...)
It's from... a cylinder mount... ouch!
The only way to get to it so they can drill out the broken bolt is to drop the engine.
Guess that makes this a really expensive bolt! Yay for having a warranty. Looks like no 991 for a week or so.
Have a Cayenne Diesel as a loaner... who here's up for a ride to Vegas?
(j/k, or am I...)
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Actually the opposite. Because of the shooting yesterday, the bulk of my trip home was a parking lot. The bolt snapped about 10 minutes after I parked.
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Lucky the bolt sheared at the right place and time so that you caught it. Imagine if it sheared while you were driving. You would have never known. So what's a cylinder mount?
Last edited by JW1; Jun 30, 2017 at 09:27 PM.
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Yeah, 10 minutes earlier and I'd have no idea. Not sure what it is... think it's the external casing where the cylinders are... probably 4 bolts per mount so likely not the end of the world if I didn't know.
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Hi everyone, just heard back from the dealer so I have the answer to the question of where it came from.
It's from... a cylinder mount... ouch!
The only way to get to it so they can drill out the broken bolt is to drop the engine.
Guess that makes this a really expensive bolt! Yay for having a warranty. Looks like no 991 for a week or so.
Have a Cayenne Diesel as a loaner... who here's up for a ride to Vegas?
(j/k, or am I...)
It's from... a cylinder mount... ouch!
The only way to get to it so they can drill out the broken bolt is to drop the engine.
Guess that makes this a really expensive bolt! Yay for having a warranty. Looks like no 991 for a week or so.
Have a Cayenne Diesel as a loaner... who here's up for a ride to Vegas?
(j/k, or am I...)
Maybe he meant a cylinder head bolt (#3 or 4 in the diagram).
Last edited by bkrantz; Jul 2, 2017 at 12:55 AM.
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This makes me feel like the 911 was bought from Ikea.
