18-mar-2004 20.33.45
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Carlos from Spain
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In risposta a:
GM Austin
Re: Latest serious 997 infos
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GM Austin said: The M96 motor will continue to evolve and improve and it will be the practical choice for the entry 911. I think they will solve the rear main seal issue which seems to be a problem with an occasional out of round casting. This is a quality control issue rather than a defective design issue.
I hope you are right but personally I'm not that optimistic. Its not that ocasional, and seems to be a design flaw (rumored to be the support of the crankshaft) and not a quality control issue since they haven't been able to fix in 7 years of production. And not even after the 3.6L evolution of the engine or the boxster 2.5 "S" engine, so with the next increase in displacement for the 997 its going to be like the "new" 2002 3.6L: the RMS issue will remain the same I'm afraid. Also people who get a "new" engine from an RMS leak still sometimes get an RMS leak again (and the engine is actually a rebuilt engine at factory so there should be even less quality issues).
I guess its more profitable for them to knowingly produce defective RMS engines and repair them if still under warraty (if not then its the owners problme now) than to fix the problem which would require designing a new engine not just fixing a quiality control issue. So I would not trust them if they tell us that the problem is fixed until the first 997 show no sign of it within a year, its so comon that if its still there, plenty will start to surface in the first months. I wonder if they calculated the profit loss/gain b/w how many 996 owners are not going to buy the 997 if it has the same underpowered RMS faulty engine (for fear or principle) vs R&D costs of a new engine design (with more ponies!!
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It's the same block 
