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Bought a great 2011 PTT with 59Kmi in May, had a blast for 3Kmi and got a coolant leak. Mechanic found it under the manifold. I think this is common problem for this age of PTT. Did you know the Intakes need to be cleaned too? Take a look at #5 & #7 intakes before and after walnut shell cleaning. Other intakes were not as bad as these two, but also needed the clean. Car ran great before and I do not understand why, after seeing these images. I pick it up in few hours and will post if there are issues, otherwise I'm out and about with the PT...
#5 Before
#5 After
#7 Before
#7 After
Understand?
I was told I should use BG 44K now and then, which I plan to do right away to clean the injectors and piston tops; obviously they are covered in something...
I’m wondering if any of this breaks off and makes its way to the exhaust. Could there be a pile of this stuff at the entrance to the catalytic converter or plugging some of the cells?
I've used the CRC product on a couple cars.
I used it on my RS7, and used it on my Porsche last week. There are videos on youtube about it. I think its good general preventative maintenance and have seen enough before and after to say its worth it. Its not as good as actually cleaning it, but I'm hoping not to let it get THAT bad to begin with by using the CRC every few thousand miles. I also use the seafoam snakeoil .
Sprayed into throttle body in short bursts. Let it sit and heat soak, then go drive around a little.
I removed the inlet hose to the throttle body and protected the MAF sensor or whatever porsche’s version of it is - not sure if it’s a “hot wire” or not but you don’t want to touch anything or get anything sprayed on those sensors..... There are several youtube videos specifically using the product on a Panamera as well as forum disgussions.
Sprayed into throttle body in short bursts. Let it sit and heat soak, then go drive around a little.
I removed the inlet hose to the throttle body and protected the MAF sensor or whatever porsche’s version of it is - not sure if it’s a “hot wire” or not but you don’t want to touch anything or get anything sprayed on those sensors..... There are several youtube videos specifically using the product on a Panamera as well as forum disgussions.
Paul, could you point me to those videos and discussions? not having much luck with the search.
thanks
-Doug
yikes
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