Oil leak

[Boxster02]

Just took my 02 Tip to have what I thought was an RMS leak fixed. Mechanic says that the leak is coming from where the 2 engine half's are sealed together. Is this possible? He is advising a complete teardown of the engine to "re-seal" the engine at 50-60 hours of labor!!!! Makes no sense to me..............

[nick49]

I would say this is highly unlikely although possible. Get a second opinion or look for yourself if you're a hands on kind of guy. If this is in fact a leak between the case halves you may have defective cases with out of spec machined surfaces, porosity, or some other issue, any of which would be considered a manufacturing defect. Contact Porsche and try to get them to Goodwill the repair if your car is out of warrenty.

[Tool Pants]

Where did you take your car to?

[Boxster02]

An independant shop. The guy is pretty stand up. Thinking of having him just replace the RMS and calling it a day.

[Tool Pants]

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...c=2346&hl=green

[Boxster02]

Thanks for the info!! One last question, how many hours of labor should it be? It has a Tiptronic tranny, not sure if that matters.