Coolant pipe repair - now required for DE!
#16
02-10-2012 | 02:02 PM
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This is unacceptable. Someone with great writing skills should contact Jalopnik. Porsche should spend some of that ton of money they direct to marketing to marking a car with tho coolant issues. aka recall to fix the problem. Law suit waiting to happen in sue happy America.
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02-10-2012 | 03:14 PM
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Isn't it 6 straight and one curves, behind the alternator, that is not part of the kit. Total of 7....
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02-10-2012 | 07:58 PM
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If you weld, you must pressure test before re-installing. We pressure tested first and caught a pin hole leak. Re-welded, tested, passed test and installed...
It would be shame to discover a leak after putting everything back together!
It would be shame to discover a leak after putting everything back together!
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#22
02-10-2012 | 08:02 PM
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Anyone have a rationale as to why/how this failure would lead to injury/death at highway speeds? That's what NHTSA will use... Plus pcna is feeding them stats to help obscure the issue.
The key is to argue it is a risk for getting groceries...
Risk on the track is not going to influence regulators, IMO
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The key is to argue it is a risk for getting groceries...
Risk on the track is not going to influence regulators, IMO
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02-10-2012 | 08:26 PM
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When they go, they dump big! ask the Ariel Atom that was behind me that ended up in the dirt, but like I said the first one went a couple of weeks ago was under normal driving in town, if I would have been on a bending onramp who ever was behind would defiantly crash. I think coolant is about as slick as it gets.
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02-10-2012 | 08:44 PM
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how did you test, did you buy hoses that were the size of each hose and plugged them? It must be a lot of work to pressure test those?
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02-10-2012 | 09:16 PM
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I am signed up to instruct for OVR-PCA at a DE at Mid-Ohio in April. Today I received an email from them stating that ALL 996/997 TT, GT2 and GT3 will be required to either have the welded coolant pipe fix, or certify that they are running only distilled water + water wetter as coolant. Otherwise, failed inspection and not allowed on track.
I had already ordered the repair kit, and scheduled the repair for next month.
Probably won't be long before this spreads around the country...
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I had already ordered the repair kit, and scheduled the repair for next month.
Probably won't be long before this spreads around the country...
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02-10-2012 | 09:35 PM
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When they go, they dump big! ask the Ariel Atom that was behind me that ended up in the dirt, but like I said the first one went a couple of weeks ago was under normal driving in town, if I would have been on a bending onramp who ever was behind would defiantly crash. I think coolant is about as slick as it gets.
I think when the weather warms up a bit I might try to drill, tap and pin mine while in the car.
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02-10-2012 | 09:44 PM
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Yes, Race Co. out at Miller they do all my work on the Porsche and race prep on everything else that I drive or race out there. Cole is a Porsche tech from Strong Porsche and really good at set up as well. He is a great driver himself and races out there so he really gets it. I don't think you can get to the coolant manifold without dropping the motor.
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02-10-2012 | 10:09 PM
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Yes, Race Co. out at Miller they do all my work on the Porsche and race prep on everything else that I drive or race out there. Cole is a Porsche tech from Strong Porsche and really good at set up as well. He is a great driver himself and races out there so he really gets it. I don't think you can get to the coolant manifold without dropping the motor.