Standing still

[Guest]

Hi,
My 3.2 has been virtually standing still for the last 6 months, being repaired at a Porsche approved body shop.
It should have taken 2-4weeks, but has ended up taking over 6 months.

Anyway, what I need to know is, what impact would this have had on the car?
Engine , Electrics, exhaust etc....
What should I demand on the repairer to do eg. change oil.. etc...

Many thanks

Amo
Being Porscheless is painful

PS I have escalated the poor service to Porsche UK.

 

[dtunnicliffe]

Having left a number of cars standing (on blocks) for long periods the one thing I would strongly recommend is a complete drain of the fuel system and refill. Fuel goes stale - quite quickly. Modern engine oils should not be a problem though. Biggest worry for me is the CLUTCH. I was in Vietnam during the war serving at the Embassy and left my pride a joy at home on blocks but forgot to depress the clutch pedel! Result - well stuck to the flywheel. No amount of attempting to free it by starting in gear and slamming on brakes and other trade tricks would budge it. I finished up taking the engine and gearbox out, splitting them and removing clutch cover and plate. In those days you could do a Hillman Imp (no don't laugh it was a works 998!!!!!!!!!!!) in less than 2 hours yourself.

Hope your clutch is free!

Dave

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[bones]

Just out of curiousity why has been with them for so long?

 

[Guest]

They were waiting for parts.... They have messed me around, hence I sent a letter to the Director of Porsche UK.

Rgds

Amolak

 

[Guest]

I would want a mechanic to complete a thorough inspection of anything rubber (amongst other things). Six months may be ok but in my experience rubber brake lines, fuel lines, vacuum lines etc all deterioroate very quickly when a car is not used at all. Just a thought...

RB

 

[bones]

Unless they are big on goodwill I think you would have an uphill struggle to pursue an action against anyone for deteriation of seals etc. If the engine was in good condition with oil splashed all over it's internals before it went in there I don't think in 6 months you need to worry about deteriation of the crank and flywheel seals. There are loads of rubber and plastic pipes that could deteriorate over time but not in 6 months . I don't think Porsche AG would be too keen to admit to failures so quickly of their high quality product. The rubber items I would be most concerned about would be the fuel injector o rings and the four short rubber brake hoses. Changing the o rings involves simply pulling the injectors out , if they won't do it you could do it yourself.
As a gesture of good will ask them to fit four new stainless steel brake hoses (B.F. Goodridge) and renew the master cylinder seal. You can insist they drain the petrol but how can you check this and it only needs them to start the engine once for this idea to go pear shaped. When you get the car back run some injector cleaner through there for a month or so till you are happy everything is ok. Then change your plugs as they tend to get covered in deposits from the cleaner!