Below the valve cover there is a set of 3 numbers on the cylinder head. What do these indicate?
BTW - the water droplets in the background are a new feature. I thought the 996 was the first water cooled rear engine for Porsche, but this little engine has them beat.
It seems the PO left the carbs off the engine. I got it onto the stand today, removed the exhaust manifold and found one side had water. Rotated the engine and had water dump out of an exhaust port. So glad I saved money on this instead of paying a few thousand more for a car that runs and was well taken care of.
DaveB
Casting numbers, may be a date code but do not know.
And now the cause of the water....
I spy a little valve
I just don't think it will pass DEQ in Oregon like this.
DaveB
Happy New Year (not)
That's ugly, good luck with the repairs
With any luck that loose valve may not of gone thru the piston, keeping the lower end intact.
The water has probably destroyed the pistons and cylinders, looking at the rust on the valve train.
That hurts to look at...
Good luck.
Clay
On old VW type 1 engines we used to check the rods for bends by pushing a wrist pin through them while they were attached to the crankshaft. If it slid through easily we knew the rods were straight. I think this works on the type 2 engine also. The rod bearings have to be installed to do this.
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