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Rob175 · 05-07-2021, 07:25 AM

IF your trunk carpet is dry, then YOU MUST remove the trunk carpet AND the raised floor board, under the carpet. There you will probably find a puddle(s) of coolant on the metal trunk floor, some of which has found it's way to your garage floor. That's exactly what mine did. (1998)

If so, then like mine, you might have developed "spider cracks" in the coolant tank that ONLY expand and leak when the system is hot and pressure builds. Leave everything out of the trunk, fill the tank to the proper level, wad up some paper towel around the tank bottom and go for a ride to heat the system up. Park and as it cools down check the paper towel......my guess is you'll find it wet with coolant.

Don't cheap out....buy a OEM Porsche coolant tank, not the crap cheap ones. I had my "indy" Porsche shop replace mine....total cost time/tank was about $1,000. Others have done it themselves, but I have no way of lifting the car to work from under. Some say it can be done from above, but I bite the bullet and pay someone else...lol.

Report back with what you discover.

05-07-2021, 07:25 AM	#8
Rob175 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Lincolnshire, IL Posts: 522	IF your trunk carpet is dry, then YOU MUST remove the trunk carpet AND the raised floor board, under the carpet. There you will probably find a puddle(s) of coolant on the metal trunk floor, some of which has found it's way to your garage floor. That's exactly what mine did. (1998) If so, then like mine, you might have developed "spider cracks" in the coolant tank that ONLY expand and leak when the system is hot and pressure builds. Leave everything out of the trunk, fill the tank to the proper level, wad up some paper towel around the tank bottom and go for a ride to heat the system up. Park and as it cools down check the paper towel......my guess is you'll find it wet with coolant. Don't cheap out....buy a OEM Porsche coolant tank, not the crap cheap ones. I had my "indy" Porsche shop replace mine....total cost time/tank was about $1,000. Others have done it themselves, but I have no way of lifting the car to work from under. Some say it can be done from above, but I bite the bullet and pay someone else...lol. Report back with what you discover. Last edited by Rob175; 05-07-2021 at 07:28 AM.