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Old 10-25-2013, 12:22 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by davedeck View Post
The beast is a 1998. Just spoke to the mechanic and he said the freeze plug popped out of the hollow camshaft. Porsche won't sell just the plug, you have to buy the whole cam so he is looking for one that fits, a $3.00 part
To insure the problem doesn't reoccur tap the end of the camshaft & seal with a pipe plug. I believe 3/8" pipe thread is best. This requires the camshafts be removed from the head. I'm sure the varioCam wear pads need replacing anyway. We're talking $50 parts but $800+ labor & maybe + tools cost also.
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