Dropped off my 997tt at the shop for all fluids, plugs, drive belt, fuel filter and new exhaust install.

Between all the snowstorms in Boston everything has been at standstill. He calls me a few days later and says that Durametric has detected a bank 1 lean condition (car threw no CEL) and that smoke test revealed multiple vacuum leaks.

Accessing to the vacuum tubes requires removal of the exhaust mani...which has rusty salt laden studs (snowball gets bigger). Can someone point me in the right direction of a vacuum diagram?

I swing by the shop on Saturday and inspect under my car and I see evidence of slight coolant leakage (snowball gets bigger). Car has 66K so it's possible that the coolant tube epoxy is shot...he says they will pressure test the coolant system to ascertain how serious the coolant leak (if any) is.

Luckily it's tax season.

 

Hate when this stuff happens. I have had this in the past with other cars so I know the feeling.

The only difference is, these cars are worth the hassle!

 

I'm just waiting for him to say I need a new flux capacitor. At that point I will flip my $#!+

 

Those are expensive!!!

 

As we speak I'm searching for one on Rock Auto. Have not driven my car in two weeks now. I'm having withdrawal symptoms.

 

Snow balling is a good term. When I had my engine and trans out for the clutch work, I also fell into the "while it is out, you might as well do...."

It was mostly maintenance and preventative work, but it feels good to have a car that has been completely gone through with all major problems areas addressed before they are issues. It is painful, but go ahead and spend the money now...it'll save you cash in the long run.

 

I'm waiting on final diagnosis before I pull the trigger on new needed parts. I'll spend the money now if I need to.

 

Hope everything works out - unlike most people tax season for me means paying uncle sam.

 

Mechanic sent me some picture updates of his progress, crossing my fingers I get it back today!

 

Always nice when you get the car back and drive it, it reminds you of why you just spent a crap ton of money!

Of course, if you would have just purchased the flux capacitor, you could have just gone back in time before the maintenance was needed.

 

Nobody said that owning a Porsche Turbo was cheap but if that is all you have had in 66k miles you are ahead of the game.

 

Just got off the phone with the mechanic, says multiple ignition coils were cracked. Not even going to try and imagine how that may have happened....good thing I was doing plugs then.

 

That's very common. They were poorly designed. I had mine replaced with the plugs at the same time but all mine looked ok.

 

I've been doing some searching since I last posted and that seems to be a common theme. Based on reading there seems to have been a revision in the ignition coil design...I'm wondering if my 09 Turbo came from the factory revised coils?

 

See if that is a recall item, I remember there being a recall for that but that might have been the Cayenne.