S2 Prices?
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Diver944
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I just want to make sure, so please accept my apologies if I've jumped to the wrong conclusion.
Your post makes me think we are not talking about the same thing, so I will re-iterate:
The cam BELT and balance BELT are at the front of the engine and run round some rollers and a tensioner mechanism. The Porsche service interval is 4 years or 48k miles. Every 944 has this
The 16V cars (S and S2) also have a cam CHAIN in the head of the engine which also has a tensioner but this has never ever been included on any scheduled maintenance. Unfortunately this chain gradually stretches by a few mm, and then the tensioner cannot keep it taught. Eventuallt the chain will either break or the sprockets on both camshafts will get rounded or shear off. Either way its big £££££. Most independants know to change the chain and a plastic slipper on the tensioner every 50k miles or so, but OPC still do not.
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Cheers, yes i muddied the water yet again - i was stating what i had done and what had been suggested to me to get sone at a later date - so the belts and tensioner were done, but the chain and tensioner were not - but the more i read in books / forums and peoples own experiences i think i'll be getting the chain and tensioner replaced sooner rather than later - only doing 4-5k miles a year so it will be just under 50k miles sine it was last done on this S2.
Thanks for clearing that up though
penfold944
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I sold my S2 a few months ago as a part-ex against a boxster. I was talking to the sales manager today as I have that dreaded RMS problem on the car....
In asking how my old red beauty was doing, he rather grumpily informed me that the chain snapped on the car about 2 weeks ago. Barely 100k on the clock and the bloody thing snapped.
Counting my lucky stars that I only have an oil leak I can probably never get rid of....
Funnily enouhg, his head mechanic is ex-porsche in the UK and said it was quite an unusual failure and that the chain wasnt a servicable item. Yet again, something the specialists know, but the OPC's dont..
In asking how my old red beauty was doing, he rather grumpily informed me that the chain snapped on the car about 2 weeks ago. Barely 100k on the clock and the bloody thing snapped.
Counting my lucky stars that I only have an oil leak I can probably never get rid of....
Funnily enouhg, his head mechanic is ex-porsche in the UK and said it was quite an unusual failure and that the chain wasnt a servicable item. Yet again, something the specialists know, but the OPC's dont..
penfold944
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to be fair, I was gutted selling the S2, but space was becoming a problem as I had another everyday car. I really wanted an everyday driver car - and it had to be a porsche....
At least the RMS will be done under warranty - and theres 10 months left to run on that
It is a quirk of the Irish motor taxes that my year old Merc C180 cost 400 euro a year to tax, but my 16 year old S2 cost 1350 euro a year to tax... Vintage / Classic car tax doesnt start here until the cars are 30 years old.
Well if it redeems me at all, I still think the S2 is a better at sticking you to the seat under acceleration ( once u hit that magical 4k rpm ), but then again, I'm a soft top junkie...
At least the RMS will be done under warranty - and theres 10 months left to run on that
It is a quirk of the Irish motor taxes that my year old Merc C180 cost 400 euro a year to tax, but my 16 year old S2 cost 1350 euro a year to tax... Vintage / Classic car tax doesnt start here until the cars are 30 years old.
Well if it redeems me at all, I still think the S2 is a better at sticking you to the seat under acceleration ( once u hit that magical 4k rpm ), but then again, I'm a soft top junkie...
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