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Old 12-24-2018, 07:36 AM   #7
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A Porsche dealer did the prior PPI and noted the cam cover oil leak. Do you think they could have misdiagnosed it and it was only the plug tube?
Yes. I had two indie shops and one dealer all say that my oil leak was the cam cover but it turned out to be the plug tubes.

That doesn't mean that its not the cam covers, it just means that oil leaks can often be difficult to accurately diagnose and the shops will tend to give you the worst case scenario.
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