 SOT- Porsche asks 2014 GT3 owners to stop driving them., Becuase they catch fire. |
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| ClayPerrine |
 Feb 20 2014, 04:51 PM
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Life's been good to me so far.....  Group: Admin Posts: 15,462 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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$130,000 and it has to be parked.
Don't Drive your GT3 Maybe it's because they didn't offer a manual transmission? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) |
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| 2mAn |
Feb 20 2014, 04:57 PM
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trying to see how long I can go without a 914 Group: Members Posts: 487 Joined: 14-November 13 From: Westchester (Los Angeles) Member No.: 16,644 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ Feb 20 2014, 02:51 PM)  Maybe it's because they didn't offer a manual transmission? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) When I saw that at the LA Auto show a few months ago, I lost all faith in the future |
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| boxsterfan |
Feb 20 2014, 05:02 PM
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914's are kewl Group: Members Posts: 1,776 Joined: 6-June 03 From: San Ramon, CA Member No.: 791 Region Association: Northern California |
Don't tell me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shocked[1].gif) they put plastic fuel lines in the tunnel again?
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| biosurfer1 |
Feb 20 2014, 05:59 PM
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Teener fo Life! Group: Members Posts: 3,020 Joined: 3-August 03 From: Roseville, CA Member No.: 977 Region Association: Northern California |
"Porsche says engines were damaged on two cars in Europe, and both caught fire. The company says there were no crashes or injuries."
While that last part sounds good and is nice no one got hurt...makes you wonder what caused the fires??? |
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| Jake Raby |
Feb 20 2014, 07:38 PM
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Engine Surgeon Group: Members Posts: 9,394 Joined: 31-August 03 From: Lost Member No.: 1,095 Region Association: South East States |
I've got a few revealing photos. The layout of the oil system is really dumb, who the hell puts an oil/ coolant heat exchanger under the engine?
The engines get a low oil pressure warning, then they start to rattle, then they catch fire. So that sounds like a primary oil system issue thats feeding pressurized oil onto the exhaust. When the car slows down residual pressure dumps a little more oil on things, the air under the car staginess and it goes whoof. What I hate is we were expecting a customers '14 GT3 here to build our 4.4 for and if he hadn't canceled his order because the factory was 4 months late, we'd have the car here and could solve it before Zuffenhausen had the chance. Can you imagine when they recalled that car and he said "It's at Flat 6 Innovations"... Then they show up to grab it and we've got the whole damn engine apart! That would be so awesome! I could hear it now... PCNA:"Why did you take it apart?" Me: "Because you assholes didn't make it big enough!" PCNA: "We are here to pic up the car" Me: "Thats ok, we'll let you know how we fixed it for a million bucks" LOL This post has been edited by Jake Raby: Feb 20 2014, 07:55 PM Attached thumbnail(s)  
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