Here are a few pictures taken by C&R Turbos. If cast turbos can corrode like this imagine what the rest of the piping and exhaust looked like.
Frank.
ps They don't look like that now

 

Damn!!!

 

It looks like it's been in the Ocean.

 

For a very looooooonng time

 

that's dangerous!

 

That's nasty are you certain your car wasn't imported from Louisiana?

 

I will go with a 'YIKES' on that one, too.

 

I did tell you guys, Ive been along time in motor sport ( Cosworths ) and I have never seen corrosion this bad. That's why I ask all 996tt owners to check under theirs.
I honestly say the silencer was about 9 months form dropping off the back of the car.
ps to add to this the body is perfect, not a single sign of rust anywhere.
At last a good note.
Frank

 

what are you going to use as replacements?

 

Hi RiA,

I have 2 recon aka New turbos from C&R should arrive tomorrow. ( The Turbine housings were OK so it was new internals, compressor housings, cores, actuators & rods and wastgates.
All pipe work ready.

 

Dam thats the worst turbos i have ever seen, even with our crap Scottish weather.

 

I don't know if you have been following my plight however here is how it all started with my first posts

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ed-please.html

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...nspection.html

Its been a struggle.

 

Something has gone badly wrong with that car, I have 45k on mine and it looks nothing like that.

Was it parked in salt spray or something?

 

I honestly don't know. I bought it from Porsche Glasgow in 2007.
If you have followed my posts you will have read that there are 3 year old 997tt going this way... be it slowly.
This amount of corrosion has started long before I bought it.
HOWEVER
From now on its stops. I am going to keep an eye on the back end.

As I have already stated earlier the rest of the car is mint. No rust at all.
All the discs corrode but that's normal. Just change them when required.

 

looks like it needs some heavy metal polishing.