Took me about 2 hours to replace the coolant tank in my 01'. Not too hard at all.

 

I stopped by the dealer to check out the Porsche...they found the leak on the top of the motor - one of the aluminum pipe's rubber grommets had failed slightly. So now they're waiting on parts to replace everything that might ever go bad under there . Also going to have them unbolt the tranny from the motor and check out the condition of the clutch and replace the rear main seal.

 

...ad what of the cracked pipe under the sink?

Damn, sorry to hear, thought that leak was coming from the top side of the motor.
Let me know if you need anything.

 

It seems my plummer is a much faster worker than the local Porsche techs. He had the cracked pipe removed and replaced with something plastic in the time it took me to read through the new posts on this thread =)

DeepBlue, you'll have to take me for a ride in your freshly painted Porsche if the weather cooperates this week to distract me from my empty garage bay!

 

So it's confirmed one doesn't need to pull the engine for this (replacing an old yellow coolant tank)?

I ask because I'm leaking now, too... Poured in almost a gallon of coolant this morning...

 

That would definitely take some skill. The old coolant tank was left in the car when I saw mine with the motor and tranny pulled. Its jammed against the driver side rear fender - I imagine its pretty difficult to get out with everything else in there.

 

Damn, that sucks- hell yeah, when the weather is good, we can meet up with the others, should be fun. When do you expect yours to be operational again?

 

Probably about the time you decide to do something else to yours... Sorry to hear of your troubles Imolafem, hopefully they get it back to a running state again shortly.

 

My next round will be a major, maybe next late fall unless of course something breaks (knock on fake burled wood interior).

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At this point, never. =( My repair bill is depressing me.

Now I need to figure out to do something with the clutch along with some other parts that should be swapped out per Kevin@UMW's recommendation.

 

Kevins the man. Finally got my turbo back, its beautiful!