Another Porsche Lemon?

[BIGJake111]

Originally Posted by Jake Raby

Needless to say, I am working super hard to understand this and design my own fix for it. I had a customer who had a new GT3 on order when this happened. He was going to ship me the car as soon as he received it, for me to take it as large as I dared (4.4L). I only wish I had the car here and had killed its warranty on purpose, then I'd have to understand the issue and design my own fix for it, because we would have killed its warranty, on purpose :-)

4.4L, That sounds mean... but your assumed diagnosis makes sense to me.

[Jake Raby]

The "oil cooler" is now under the engine with the GT3. It's not in the engine bay like other 9a1 or M96 based engines.

[stephen wilson]

I think the increase in recall's and faulty engineering in modern Auto's is the result of going straight from computer modeling to production, with no testing or proof of concept, optimized for lows costs and ease of assembly. Probably young engineers managed by bean-counters, with no practical experience.

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by stephen wilson

I think the increase in recall's and faulty engineering in modern Auto's is the result of going straight from computer modeling to production, with no testing or proof of concept, optimized for lows costs and ease of assembly. Probably young engineers managed by bean-counters, with no practical experience.

I concur completely!!!!
I'd love to know how long it takes them to get something from concept to showroom floor these days.

They've learned it's cheaper to deal with issues that may pop up later, rather than ensuring there are no issues during development. This seems to be the case for all the manufacturers.