991.1 Bore Scoring
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991.1 Bore Scoring
Has anyone heard of any cases of bore scoring on the 991 engine? Dropping off my car with my indy for the change over valve job, we were talking about the 997 and 991. He said he had a couple cases of bore scoring in 991's in his shop.
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Yes, I had it in cylinder #4 at about 18K miles. Started as a faint ticking sound, like a dry lifter. Dealer said keep driving it. After a few thousand miles, it got louder and started consuming oil at a rate of >6qts every 10k miles!!
Dealer finally pulled the spark plugs and #4 was black and wet with oil. Borescope showed significant scoring in just that cylinder.
I ended up getting a completely new engine at 23k miles. Completely covered by CPO warranty. Whew!
Dan
Dealer finally pulled the spark plugs and #4 was black and wet with oil. Borescope showed significant scoring in just that cylinder.
I ended up getting a completely new engine at 23k miles. Completely covered by CPO warranty. Whew!
Dan
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Goldenappple (02-20-2023)
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Yes, I had it in cylinder #4 at about 18K miles. Started as a faint ticking sound, like a dry lifter. Dealer said keep driving it. After a few thousand miles, it got louder and started consuming oil at a rate of >6qts every 10k miles!!
Dealer finally pulled the spark plugs and #4 was black and wet with oil. Borescope showed significant scoring in just that cylinder.
I ended up getting a completely new engine at 23k miles. Completely covered by CPO warranty. Whew!
Dan
Dealer finally pulled the spark plugs and #4 was black and wet with oil. Borescope showed significant scoring in just that cylinder.
I ended up getting a completely new engine at 23k miles. Completely covered by CPO warranty. Whew!
Dan
#6
I have not heard anything about the 9A1 engine and bore scoring. Charles Navarro hasn’t seen it either according to Panorama, March issue, page 90! Do you have pictures of the plug or a bore scope to share?
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9A1 uses Alusil bore lining per Flat-6 and many other sources. I had slight bore scoring confirmed on my 997.2 (9A1) that consumed about 1liter every 1500 miles. Just did UOAs to stay on top of wear and aluminum content to make sure it wasn’t getting any worse and kept topping up until I traded in for 991.2. Drove it like that for 5 years.
https://rennlist.com/forums/997-foru...l#post14570999
https://rennlist.com/forums/997-foru...l#post14570999
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9A1 uses Alusil bore lining per Flat-6 and many other sources. I had slight bore scoring confirmed on my 997.2 (9A1) that consumed about 1liter every 1500 miles. Just did UOAs to stay on top of wear and aluminum content to make sure it wasn’t getting any worse and kept topping up until I traded in for 991.2. Drove it like that for 5 years.
https://rennlist.com/forums/997-foru...l#post14570999
https://rennlist.com/forums/997-foru...l#post14570999
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It exist. Not as bad I’d say as M96/97 but I’ve talked to more than one or two that’s tore into 9A1s. Here’s a good read - https://rennlist.com/forums/997-foru...l#post14573451
Dan
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GT3FZS (08-23-2020)
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Wow, it just amazes me, Honda and Toyota can build pretty much bullet proof motors but we have these crazy odd issues with just about every generation of 911. Okay before pounding, yeah I know these are high performance cars, and I am a 911 fanboy, but still, at this point you would figure they could get past these crazy things like PDK bombs, IMS/RMS, bore scoring. Now with that said, my 911 is going nowhere.
Last edited by titan7; 04-19-2019 at 04:27 PM.
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