Big coolant hose on the right side of motor blew apart yesterday afternoon and sprayed gallons of coolant all over the engine compartment. At the dealer now awaiting delivery of new hose...apparently nobody in southern california had one in stock.

 

EXACT same thing happened to me last friday. Now the car is at the dealer. Not sure whether they have the part in stock or not. I was rather mad because I only have the car for 2 weeks.

 

I only had mine for one week...It's an 04 GT3 with 19,000 miles. Dealer claims they've never seen this happen so they don't stock the part. Hope its covered under waranty...

 

Please pass on the part number. I would like to keep a spare around.

 

Will do. I'll be picking it up tomorrow and I'll get the part number.

 

I 2nd that please. Thanks in advance.

 

Friend of mine just had same thing happen to him at Summit Point this weekend. Is this a conspiracy going on

 

SA called and said I will get my car back on Wednesday the latest. They also had to order the part as it's not in stock. Will get the part numbers for you guys.

 

part number por favor! i am gonna stock one too

 

Yup, that was me... The dealer that the car was flat bedded to didn't have the part in stock either.

 

Just got my car back from Rusnak Porsche in Thousand Oaks, CA. Was a little upset they didn't do a very good job cleaning the coolant out of the engine compartment. Glad to have my car back though and I cleaned it out myself and probably did a better job than they would have anyway. They did however turn my car round in one day which I really appreciated. All was covered under warranty including the tow and an A4 turbo loaner car. The hose had a slit on the bottom side, right side engine compartment.

Anyhow, here's the part number for that hose- 996-106-501-76 "Coolant Hose".

 

seen this happen twice already. once to a mk1 GT3 i was behind (blew coolant all over my windscreen-- I was in the Evo at the time). 2nd instance was in the 996TT. same hose. it happens.

 

These seems like a real problem. There must be a better substitute. This weak hose will leave you stranded in the middle of nowhere. I'm just glad it didn't happen while I was coming across from Houston back to California.

 

Got the car back today. Here are the part numbers-

996-106-501-76 Coolant Hose
996-106-801-03 O-Ring
000-043-301-05 Antifreeze 3.7

 

My invoice was the same except a quantity of two for the coolant hose and o-ring. Weird... It's not like there are two of those hoses?