clyde
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I had a bit of an oil leak from my car which was very quickly getting quite serious, so booked it in to get the cam cover gaskets done as this is the usual culprit for oil leaks on 993s. Although these were weeping slightly the torrey canyon like oil slick on my garage floor was actually caused by the small oil filter having rusted creating a small hole. Although the hole wasn't much to look at, in fact it was barely perceptable, obviously when under pressure oil must have been coming out like a pressure washer.
The indi had done the previous service but said he only changes the large filter at 12,000 miles, which is still better than the Porsche service schedule which states that the neither filter requires to be replaced at 12,000 miles, only the oil. This genuine Porsche filter was 18 months old, yet had rusted through sufficiently to pump out oil at quite an alarming rate. The slight oil leak escalated into a flood in a very short number of miles but as it was over the Christmas period I don't know if it was the pressure or the ongoing rust that caused the hole to increase in size.
Has any one else heard of this?
The indi had done the previous service but said he only changes the large filter at 12,000 miles, which is still better than the Porsche service schedule which states that the neither filter requires to be replaced at 12,000 miles, only the oil. This genuine Porsche filter was 18 months old, yet had rusted through sufficiently to pump out oil at quite an alarming rate. The slight oil leak escalated into a flood in a very short number of miles but as it was over the Christmas period I don't know if it was the pressure or the ongoing rust that caused the hole to increase in size.
Has any one else heard of this?
