Not a good day for my 986S 2001. Smoke and engine dead

[woodsman]

I'm holding my breath while I wait for the final news Tom- please hurry! And while I absolutely love Porsche's, this will certainly be the last one I own with an M96 engine in it! Everyone's pulling for ya'!

[tomc88]

well it's good news.
other than new AOS and spark plugs all is well.

Not sure if I was panicking over nothing. Must admit my mechanic is a real pessimist

picking her up tomorrow

[pothole]

Originally Posted by tomc88

Not sure if I was panicking over nothing. Must admit my mechanic is a real pessimist

Definitely not.

It did sound like an AOS failure, but you can't be sure. And even an AOS failure can have nasty consequences if you are unlucky!

Super news that it was just the AOS in the end.

[tomc88]

well hopefully this is one common fault now hopefully that won't come up again now there's a new part in there

[The Radium King]

if you look at the part number for the aos there's been multiple iterations of the same part (I think they got up to version 4 before they changed to the 9x7 motors); I don't think the latest, improved version 4 aos fails nearly as much as the one that originally came with your car (probably version 2).