do the 997 turbos suffer from coolant line problems like the 996?
#17
All GT2s, GT3s, their variants, and Turbos pre DFI are subjected to a potential catastrophic coolant pipe fitting failure. So, yes, even the 2009s which uses GT1/M64 block are subject to this problem.
This leak, while not very common, is more likely to occur with age as the adhesive is subject to heating/cooling cycles. While the number of failures is small, a leak on the track can potentially lead to a catastrophe. Several have reported that their vehicles could not participate in track events because the tech inspectors would not allow an "un-repaired" vehicle on the track. The NHTSA did an investigation on the adhesive failure and decided that this problem did not warrant a mandatory recall. They completed their investigation about 18 months ago.
This leaves us with aftermarket welds, pins, or to thread the fittings a la GT3 RSR:
This leak, while not very common, is more likely to occur with age as the adhesive is subject to heating/cooling cycles. While the number of failures is small, a leak on the track can potentially lead to a catastrophe. Several have reported that their vehicles could not participate in track events because the tech inspectors would not allow an "un-repaired" vehicle on the track. The NHTSA did an investigation on the adhesive failure and decided that this problem did not warrant a mandatory recall. They completed their investigation about 18 months ago.
This leaves us with aftermarket welds, pins, or to thread the fittings a la GT3 RSR:
#18
Which means it will likely occur again some day.
#19
All GT2s, GT3s, their variants, and Turbos pre DFI are subjected to a potential catastrophic coolant pipe fitting failure. So, yes, even the 2009s which uses GT1/M64 block are subject to this problem.
This leak, while not very common, is more likely to occur with age as the adhesive is subject to heating/cooling cycles. While the number of failures is small, a leak on the track can potentially lead to a catastrophe. Several have reported that their vehicles could not participate in track events because the tech inspectors would not allow an "un-repaired" vehicle on the track. The NHTSA did an investigation on the adhesive failure and decided that this problem did not warrant a mandatory recall. They completed their investigation about 18 months ago.
This leaves us with aftermarket welds, pins, or to thread the fittings a la GT3 RSR:
This leak, while not very common, is more likely to occur with age as the adhesive is subject to heating/cooling cycles. While the number of failures is small, a leak on the track can potentially lead to a catastrophe. Several have reported that their vehicles could not participate in track events because the tech inspectors would not allow an "un-repaired" vehicle on the track. The NHTSA did an investigation on the adhesive failure and decided that this problem did not warrant a mandatory recall. They completed their investigation about 18 months ago.
This leaves us with aftermarket welds, pins, or to thread the fittings a la GT3 RSR:
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