Should be aprox $44.63 in seals and bolts, $730.75 for oem clutch kit, and 8.5hrs labor.

 

I'm supposed to get the quote tonight. I'll let you know when I do.

 

Plus IMS kit and labor.

 

where are you located? I know a good indy in anderson,sc.

 

The $44 includes RMS, Ims seals, and bolts. As stated above: aprox 8.5hours at what ever your shop's rate is.

 

Charleston, SC. We are really fortunate in the Indy department. We have Autometrics, Rennsport and, my favorite, European Road and Racing. Send the name along anyway you never know when you might need another one.

Oh, I'm not talking about the IMS seal, I'm talking about the IMS replacement kit from Flat6 Innovations/Jake Raby.

 

oK... Now makes sense. Good idea!

 

Is there an aftermarket clutch that is a better "daily driver" clutch + stronger and cheaper?

-Eric

 

AWE sells an upgraded sach's clutch for the 996. It really is not necessary. I have had nothing but good experience with stock clutch. (even with track use). Any "upgraded" clutch is probably going to be more expensive. If you find one that is cheaper you are probably getting what you are paying for. Just my experience and my opinion. There may be others out there that can say otherwise.

 

A couple of points for consideration. If you have a leak in that area you don't know if it is the RMS or IMS seal or both until it is opened up. When you do the repair if you pay for it (or a 3rd party warranty does) Porsche will warrant the repair for two years. If you get it repaired while the car is under Porsche CPO, the warranty on the repair will expire when the CPO expires.

If you get the repair done, it may leak again regardless which version of the repair kits were used. It's the nature of the design.

 

That's good to know. I have an 03 c2 cab with another 8 months of CPO left. I bought it 14 months ago with 17K - it has 35,000 miles on it now.

It's a great car - if I knew it was a fix and forget, I'd keep it, but I guess I'll consider trading up to a 997 this fall.

 

If your 03 with 35K hasn't leaked yet, my bet is it won't. But that's not much more than an educated guess. If you like it and there haven't been problems why not keep it? 997's have these issues also.

 

Not to put a damper on things, but my car just turned 35K miles and I am the OP of this, "Is this an RMS leak??" thread.

My indy told me the the repeat offenders of the RMS leak are due to an engineering flaw (where the tranny and engine do not match) that affected a certain number of 996s.

 

I am not saying the updated seal will not eventually leak but they seem to last much longer. We have had good success with them. IMO a leaking rear main seal is not worth getting rid of a car that you like.

 

You're probably right - I've got it exactly how I want it - great stereo, snow tires and summer tires. Even a new convertible top. Even the guys at the dealership like that car - the service manager told me the 03s were good cars.

I've driven new ones and they ARE nice, but nice enough to take a $40K delta hit? Not really.