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1993 911 Carrera 4 Cabrio

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Peter Harte

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Hello to all - my first time ever on anything like this,so please be patient with me !. Anybody's help or advice,please, gratefully accepted.
We bought a 1993 Carrera 4 Cabriolet in March 2011.It had (genuinely) 12,500 miles on the "clock".My wife uses it day on day and loves it.We owned a 911SC 30years ago and it was great to return to the marque we love.The car we purchased had been totally cherished and driven seldom - I have a full service history for nearly every year by Porsche Guildford.Today it now has 21,000 miles on it.We were due to drive to Spain as we did last year and asked a local Porsche garage we know to just check it over and service as necessary for this trip.Can you imagine our horror to get a call to come straight down.They had routinely put a camera in the engine and found 2 damaged cylinders. We were then shown the black smoke from the left exhaust.The answer we are told - a new Posche engine.My wife is distraught - least of all because she has been told this engine will cost around £14k.Is there any history of this problem with this engine,here or in the States ? We have just got back from Spain, but prior to our trip I did speak to Customer services at Porsche GB to notify them of our problem, and that I would take it up with them on my return.
I know when you buy a car 9 years old "you pays your money and takes your chances".On the other hand surely a brand as prestigeous should not be u/s after only 21,000 miles ? Any thoughts on any redress from Porsche GB ? If they would help / sponsor I would happily take warranty for a period of years to help pay back. Any thoughts or advice ?
Thank you for taking the time to read "War and Peace" - it's just that we're a bit stumped on where to start with this ?
Regards, Peter
 
Not sure why this is posted under the 996 Register section as it obviously is not a 996, unless of course you mean 2003 not 1993!

However, naturally my sympathy goes out to you, but maybe your narrative gives a clue to why an engine lets go at 21,000 miles. You state that the car is seldom driven. A motor vehicle, any motor vehicle, but especially a high performance one needs to be driven at least twice a month. So, as the car is 9 years old (so perhaps really was made in 2003), I very much doubt if Porsche are interested in sorting your problem for free, nor indeed should you be entitled to that service, especially as you do not indicate the 911 enjoys any warranty at present!

Advice? Take the car to a reputable independant and bite the bullet!
 
Welcome Peter, but a shame about the circumstances.

It does very much sound like the bore scroring some 996s suffer from, which is well known. I would have a word with Hartech, who have some more cost effective solutions than the typical OPC answer of fitting a new engine.
 
The signs are fairlly typical of impending doom, did they tell you a root cause.

Car at 9 or 19 years old is really to old for redress to Porsche. With there current mentalitty towards customer services the same would probably be true of a 3/4 year old car!

Whether its a 1993 964 or 2003 996. Your normally would be looking at a £4 to 6k cost for a rebuild. If you are in the south, contact Northways near Reading, though I know he has a queue of 996/Boxster engines which was at 6 early last week
 
I'd get my friendly specialist to pull the engine and stick it on a pallet for Hatech to sort it.
 
Hello all,
Of course you are correct and the year is 2003.Trying too hard to get it right and missing the "bleedin' obvious" mistake.
Thanks very much for the feedback so far.
Regards
Peter
 
Hi again Peter,

You might have a word with Josh Sadler at Autofarm. But sadly I think you will need to did deep. Whatever, the car is worth it and it would be a long term solution. Failing that, Porsche Cente Swindon might do a good deal... show your Porsche Club membership card and you will get a big discount.

If you are not a member... why not? [:D]
 
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