987 Coolant Flush????

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by Flavor 987S

Thanks, Paul.

To others, I am not buying this "replace the water pump" early notion as a wear item. I asked one of the largest discount Porsche dealership parts departments today about this, and they told me the following:

In 2009 they sold 5 water pumps for the 987/997. They sold 9 in 2010.

For the same periods with the 986/996 they sold 53 and 71 respectively.

I'll either wait for it to brake and replace it, or wait till the car is a little older, like in 2016.

Water pump failure is not a 986/996 issue. Every car made has a water pump replacement schedule. It's usually done with the timing belt (when there is one), which is typically 45,000 to 75,000 miles. Again, this is all cars. 944s are largely changed every 30,000 miles.