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cannga said:
Hello Carlos,
I've read a bit about RMS already (and decided to go ahead with my order for July alloc 2006 997 
), but still have a couple questions for you please.
I believe I have read that once you see RMS it has to be fixed "right away". Why is it so? I mean, besides from the obvious fact that you want something broken to be fixed, does an unfixed RMS cause damage to other components of the engine? What is the natural progression of an unfixed RMS??
Thanks.
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I doesn't have to be fixed right away actually, generally if you spot the small oil drops on the floor you make an appointment with the dealer to check it out and in the meantime you can drive the car just the same. As a matter of fact due to the fact that the oil leak is very small (usually just a few coin sized drops on the floor) many owners don't even notice there is a leak and it is only found upon inspection by the mechanics on the next regular maintenace appointment, so the owner may put quite a few miles on it with no problems.
However, this doesn't mean that if you spot the oil drops that you shouldn't worry about it at all and just wait till the next maintenace service, the reason being that in some cases the excess oil may eventually make its way into the transmission causing contamination of the clutch and flywheel. In these cases, the clucth and flywheel need to be replaced as well since its cheaper to replace them that to try to clean them. This is not always the case when the leak is left unfixed for prolongued periods but it may happen in a few cases. The owner may not notice the oil leak but will notice the clutch starting to slip, he brings it in and the mechanics find the RMS leak.
So its not an emergency, you can still drive around, I drove quite a bit with the RMS leak I had in my 996 since I don't generally have a habbit of inspecting the floor under the engine and did not notice it at first. As soon as I saw it I knew what it was and made and appointment with the dealer and told the head mechanic to have the parts ready and before I brought it in I still made something like 300-500 miles, I had no problems, it got fixed and not a drop since. But still get it fixed as soon as you can, no sense not to.
