Yet another coolant hose failure!
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Another failure was reported over the weekend by a member on Rennlist. He was also contacted by the investigator. Here's the link. I cross-linked this thread on there for increased exposure also.
Perhaps it's wishful thinking, but I can't see a way this ends without Porsche issuing a recall. NHTSA has gotten more than 20 reports in just a matter of several weeks.
And someone's gonna be next...
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Perhaps it's wishful thinking, but I can't see a way this ends without Porsche issuing a recall. NHTSA has gotten more than 20 reports in just a matter of several weeks.
And someone's gonna be next...
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Porsche response
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs...009-57445P.pdf
If you do a search at the website for make and model year you can see all of the documents. It is the most recent document.
If you do a search at the website for make and model year you can see all of the documents. It is the most recent document.
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They should have been welded at the Porsche factory. Think about it. A 130K+ car with JB weld on it just makes me sick. How much is your reputation and name recognition worth? Hopefully more than the savings from welding to epoxy.
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As a victim of this shortcoming, I'm trying to educate myself as best I can. Can somebody tell me what gets welded, exactly? It's rubber hoses to a metal manifold. So..... Yeah. How's that work?
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http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/...Results.action
Look under the associated documents. It is the most recent document.
Look under the associated documents. It is the most recent document.
Here's the direct link for anyone interested....
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs...009-57445P.pdf
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For the welding, basically what they do is remove your factory fittings, clean up the fittings and their mounting location, then they weld the fittings directly to their mounting location. Some people use the thicker fittings supplied by a few vendors, but my shop preferred to weld the factory pieces, and had a lot of experience doing it too. I thought about doing the pinning method that sharkwerks does, but my rationale was the motor was already out, so why not weld it so it's permanently attached.
James
For the welding, basically what they do is remove your factory fittings, clean up the fittings and their mounting location, then they weld the fittings directly to their mounting location. Some people use the thicker fittings supplied by a few vendors, but my shop preferred to weld the factory pieces, and had a lot of experience doing it too. I thought about doing the pinning method that sharkwerks does, but my rationale was the motor was already out, so why not weld it so it's permanently attached.
James