2056 seized Options

[tpines]

Hi guys,

Just to let you know I am heart broken as my rebuilt 2056 with only 6,000 miles seized last week. Apparently, I ran it low on oil.
Now, I'm not the most mechanically inclined but I changed the oil in July after after putting 3,000 annual miles on it. Since it was a new motor I didn't think I needed to check the oil every couple of weeks like my mechanic told me.
How often should you check the oil level with a new motor? And do you think it's going to need a full rebuild again?

[GregAmy]

Oof that sucks.

Honestly, I check my 914's oil level each time I use it.

What were you doing at the time? Idling or cruising down the highway? Did the oil light come on?

For reference, last year I forgot to open the dry sump valve on my 2056 racer and as I was idling away it seized. It had seized at the nose bearing, fortunately it did not spin, as I did not have much load on it.

I asked to have to have it fully with new bearings all around.

https://tgadrivel.blogspot.com/2024/09/an-i...sportation.html

[trojanhorsepower]

Oh man, so sorry about this. I have a new 2056 and am as nervous as can be every time I start it. I to check the oil every time I run it. It is odd that it would have leaked down that much though. Mine leaks, but just a few drops a day. Good luck

[Chad911sc]

I have a 2056 as well and it’s torn down for the second time because the oil pressure was down to 4lbs at idle after only 3 hours of run time. It seems hard to believe that it would have used that much oil. It had over 3000 miles on it, so it should have been seated in long before then. Did you have any obvious oil leaks below the car??
And there is really no way to know what damage has been done until you pull it apart and inspect each piece. Hopefully it’s still mostly salvageable and you can rebuild it.

[trojanhorsepower]

Mine has lower oil pressure than I would like. Apparently fairly low pressure is normal? But I still don't like it. I wish there was an easy fix, but I don't really even know what the right oil pump is, or even what the pressures should be.

[emerygt350]

I was just looking through that porsche technical bulletin and it reminded me what they thought 'acceptable oil consumption' was.



Sorry to hear you lost your 2056. Hopefully it isn't bad.

[wonkipop]

I was just looking through that porsche technical bulletin and it reminded me what they thought 'acceptable oil consumption' was.



Sorry to hear you lost your 2056. Hopefully it isn't bad.

geez.

a genius must have assembled my engine at the factory.
in all the time i have had it (36 years now) - its used precisely zero oil. no joke.
even now post its 16 year hiatus.
for a month or two after i got it going again it would occasionally blow a puff of blue smoke on start up but the rings settled back in again.

its never been apart and i am now pushing 50,000 miles (and they are genuine).
done close to 6000 miles since re-awakening it. a couple of long weekend trips in it too where you would expect to use oil if the engine was inclined to.

[Geezer914]

I check my oil before each use. I just pulled the engine to fix some minor oil leaks. My winter project.

[Front yard mechanic]

I change my oil every day ! A drip at a time in my driveway

[JamesJ]

I was just looking through that porsche technical bulletin and it reminded me what they thought 'acceptable oil consumption' was.



Sorry to hear you lost your 2056. Hopefully it isn't bad.

That TSB is what I am experiencing. I have about 1,500 miles on my 2056 and I, too, was concerned that my engine was using too much oil.
I keep oil in the frunk at all times. I also place a level on top of my car to be sure it is...so that I get a proper oil level reading. One time I checked my oil while it was parked on the street and it read WAY low. Super important that the car be level.

[JamesM]

Honestly, I check my 914's oil level each time I use it.

^that... or at the minimum every tank of gas.

[JamesM]

It is odd that it would have leaked down that much though.

Probably burned it. They do that, especially performance motors. can be worse depending on what RPM you are driving at and what your crank case venting situation looks like.

[tpines]

Thanks for all of your input guys. The oil light never came on and I had driven it about no more than 800 miles since the oil change. Unfortunately, I learned a very valuable lesson!