Undercoating on our 996?

[The Hoth]

The other day I looked at the undercarriage of the car. It looked like a lot of dirt from the road got stuck to the bottom of the engine.

I showed it to a mechanic. he said it is just undercoating.

I have seen a detailed undercarriage of a 996. It is so clean you can eat on it. It doesn't have that "undercoating" on it. Maybe when the car was detailed the undercoating was removed? I don't know.

I wonder if the 996 comes with one of those textured undercoating?

Just curious. :renntech:

[wvicary]

Porsche uses a product called cosmoline-it's a type of undercoating and looks very dirty/brown.

[The Hoth]

Porsche uses a product called cosmoline-it's a type of undercoating and looks very dirty/brown.

Yup, it looks like that. Is our engine made of aluminum? I wonder why Porsche feels the need to spray that kind of undercoating on the bottom of the oil pan.

Edited July 5, 2008 by The Hoth

[RFM]

Correct, the engine is made of light alloy. The product prevents corrosion for some time.

[The Hoth]

Correct, the engine is made of light alloy. The product prevents corrosion for some time.

Well, I guess all I have to do is to hose down the carriage once in a while and forget about to scrub it clean, cus it will remove the protective coating. :D