The engine on my 2012 Cayenne Turbo with 6300 miles is being changed. Details of what happened are in the https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...l-reached.html. The dealer doing the work is Champion, the world's largest so I have a lot of faith in the job being done well. They will deliver the car back and pickup the loaner in the next day or so. My question is if anyone knows of a checklist to go thru to make sure everything was connected and working? I'm planning a road trip in the next week or so, and I don't want Murphy's law to mess with my trip, for example discovering something on the trip that I forgot to check before I leave with the car. Any other thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

Question...They are delivering the car but you mention your trip.
Explain plz and then your question can be more accurately addressed.

 

rewrote sentence above:
I'm planning a road trip in the next week or so, and I don't want Murphy's law to mess with my trip, for example discovering something on the trip that I forgot to check before I leave with the car.

Just that I'm planning to take a trip north with the car after they deliver it so I want to check it out thoroughly before I leave--hence looking for checklist.

 

I would put some decent local miles on the car before undertaking a trip using breakin procedure under various rpm
Obvious checks:
Exterior damage during repair
Oil Level MAX (lol)
No fluid leaks or drips on garage floor. Should be ZERO
Oil Pressure, Oil Temp and Engine temp guages all read in normal range.
Battery charging properly.
No excessive engine noise after warmup.
All electrical features in car working properly.
No strange tranny noise, and all gears shift smooth in AUTO and proper in Manual.
Hopefully the exchange went seamless and you r good to go.

 

What Rak said plus listen for engine knocking, especially when pulling from low speeds in a relatively high gear, and excessive turbo whine/noise. The later is easier to hear with the window down.

 

I had an engine change at 15k miles on my 2011 CTT and it was all fine. Done by Beverly Hills Porsche. Felt the same as before, had to do break in for 2000 miles, but otherwise was all good...friend of mine just had his engine swapped on his 2012 Panamera S - same...all good.

 

Rak, read an old thread a while ago that you have some good tips on how to properly break-in a new engine. What are the do's and dont's?

 

Floor it
These were meant to be driven,not babied

 

Interesting and thanks for posting. Did either you or your friend have oil warning or low oil prior to or after the problem/issue? Did you have a similar sound or was it different reason(s)?

 

My 2011 CTT was in for other stuff, and they found something while it was in for service, and replaced it. They said a bolt had come loose or something, but no warning in advance. Luckily they were test driving it when they noticed it, and not my wife!

 

When you get an engine replaced does the odometer get changed to (or retain) the last listed mileage? I would think it has to for warranty and in-service reasons.

 

Odometer does not change...it keeps going - whatever the mileage was before the engine change, continues - the engine change is in the service records, however, but odometer stays the same. That reflects all of the other parts in the car that have had that mileage already.

 

I spoke to Porsche customer commitment today about this. Car warranty is 4 years, 50K miles whichever first. Replacement of the engine is like replacing a part which has warranty of 2 years however since car warranty exceeds the 2 year parts warranty as the car is a 2012 model, the engine will be covered as per the original engine for basically 3 years in this case, not 4 years as if it were a new car.

The other consideration was that I purchased a Certificate of Authenticity which is the "birth" certificate of the car. It lists the engine number on it. I asked Porsche if they would provide another certificate. The answer is no, however they will provide a letter indicating that a new engine was replaced by Porsche dealer, that the value of the car would not be diminished. The invoice will have the new engine number on it.

 

What is happening??? Engines fail at 10K miles, some with an automatic gearbox that is "protecting" the engine for man-handling in many cases. In a country with maximum speed limit of 2 nickles and a few dollars on top. And we want to add some more electronics and electrics and hybrid crapiola that WILL go wrong, all that in addition to the current problem areas. Fix those first folks! Arghhh. That is not progress folks and it does not matter who pays for it. Suffices to say that I think an old-fashioned turbo diesel is getting to be a much better alternative. Now if only Audi, VW and Porsche can keep their engineering apprentices away and not let them touch anything that is working fine. For me, I still can find my car key in my pocket, open the car door, insert it in the gloriously ignition key and start the engine. No need for 2000 dollars worth of electronic stuff to pop buttons and take my fun away. Oh and.. I also use that key to scratch my back itch.

 

Actually with entry and drive, I can scratch my back with the key while I'm driving where you would have to pull over and remove the key to do the same