Engine And Engine Cooling Problems of Porsche 911 Turbo

Lost all the fluid while driving engine hose fell out of fitting common problem on these cars from what I read. Scared the hell out of me lost control of car thank god I didn't not smash.

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I was driving on the putnam park road course track on 9/12/15, and one of my coolant fittings broke loose from the defective Porsche adhesive. It spewed coolant all over the track, creating a very dangerous situation causing other drivers to lose control. I had a Porsche dealer remedy the situation by pinning the fittings and applying new adhesive.

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Coolant pipes come apart while driving and there was rapid loss of engine coolant. The problem exists on the gt1 motor because there are a couple coolant pipes in these motors that are not a single cast piece: the larger cast pieces have extruded inlet/outlet tubes that are connected using an adhesive. There is no metal-to-metal friction or press-fit to keep these tubes in place, so after enough heat cycles the adhesive will soften/loosen up and the tube will come out of the cast block (with the hose still attached), resulting in a rapid loss of engine coolant.

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I purchased this vehicle listed above 2007 Porsche 911 Turbo on Monday September 15th 2014 from carlstadt new jersey. I began to drive the vehicle back to where I currently live in summerville, SC. Approximately 30 minutes into the drive a light came on in the gauge which said coolant failure. I immediately pulled the vehicle over and turn the car off. I opened the rear hatch where the engine is housed to reveal steam pouring from the back of the car. I called aaa to have the car towed to the nearest Porsche dealership off the new jersey interstate which happened to be ray catena Porsche of edison new jersey. The dealership has verified that indeed it was a coolant failure which happens on models with gt1 engine blocks including my vehicle above. The coolant failure resulting in me almost losing control of the vehicle and colliding with another vehicle. Porsche of north America is refusing to acknowledge this as an issue on these vehicles which is why I'm filing a compliant. My vehicle is presently still being diagnose further by the dealer to see if any additional damage has been done to the motor, which has left me without my vehicle for over three weeks.

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All connection pieces that connect to a rubber hose are leaking. The pipe that comes out of the casting is glued from the factory. After time the tube will move and water starts coming out in between the pipe and the casting. You an go to this web address and se what I'm raking about. This from what I have heard and now my on car is something that happens to all 2007 Porsche turbo engines. The problem is that the car is out of warranty and Porsche doesn't want to fix it under warranty. I'm getting it fixed now and cost is going to be over $2,000. 00 dollars. Just like the ims bearing failure on previous Porsche cars it's going to take awhile before Porsche wants to do anything to help anyone with this issue. . Read more...

The car was being driven under normal circumstances. I had catastrophic coolant failure. A hose on my coolant system popped off while driving causing all of the coolant to gush out of the bottom of the car, the car did slip a bit I was able to regain control and pull to the side of the road. It sounds like this issue happens to 911 Turbo's often due to the fact that 8 hoses were attached only with a glue that can give out at any time. My local Porsche shop wants $3000 to drop the motor and repair/fix the 8 hoses. From my reading online this issue happens often to this motor in cars from 2001-2013.

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Driving at a constant 50mph and had a very strong coolant smell come through the cabin. Pulled over and saw coolant slowly dripping under engine. Let car cool down and drove home. Have not driven car since. Scheduled a appointment with dealer for 08/08/13.

While driving on the highway a catastrophic failure occurred in the coolant system. One of the aluminum hose fittings that is epoxied into the aluminum housing broke free causing engine coolant to empty out of the engine onto the highway in a matter of seconds. The rubber hose did not fail and it was still connected to aluminum hose fitting that broke away from the housing. I pulled the car off the freeway immediately to prevent further damage to the car. Further inspection at the dealer service center showed there was very little to no coolant left in the entire system.

The coolant fittings failed, almost causing an accident. . There was no oncoming traffic.

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I was driving along the highway at 65mph and I noticed that the temperature gauge started increasing and that there was steam bellowing out of the engine. Pulled off highway and car was pouring out collant from the engine compartment - had car towed to dealer to inspect. Car was diagnosed with epoxy coolant pipe failure where the epoxy had failed to keep coolant pipe in place.

Coolant pipe failure. After driving back from the airport and parking, noticed huge coolant pool form under the car. Took car to shop and they scoped the coolant system and found the coolant pipes have started to separate. Shop said they have done many of these repairs, and that many tracks will not let 911 Turbos on them unless they have these welded because of the high number of separations of these pipes. Seems like the epoxy method of securing these is not sufficient for these cars.

Coolant line became separated and dumped coolant all over the highway causing very slick road conditions. This was on a long highway road trip with the engine very warmed up and working. Failing coolant lines that dump are very dangerous to those behind the vehicle, especially at highway speeds.

Repair to the engine coolant hard pipes was required to prophylactically prevent failure of the factory epoxy seal. Welding the pipes was required while the engine was out of the vehicle.

Catastrophic loss of coolant due to coolant fittings popping out. Low speed, straight line driving at the time so there was no excursion, however rear tires were seriously wetted and if I had been in different circumstances it could have caused vehicle/property damage and/or personal injury.

The contact owns a 2007 Porsche 911 Turbo. The contact stated that while parked, he noticed a strong coolant odor. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis. The mechanic stated that the coolant fittings would have to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 22,700.

I was on my way home from virginia to texas when I experienced catastrophic failure of the oem adhesive on the coolant line fittings in my 911 Turbo. I was traveling at approximately 70 mph westbound on i10. It cost me $3700 to have the car towed and have all of the fittings tig welded in place to ensure this never occurs again.

Coolant pipe failure at "coolant console" on top of the engine causing all coolant to immediately spill on top the engine, spraying the rear tires causing rear tires to lose traction. The coolant pipe is press fit with what appears to be an adhesive which failed leaving the exit pipe made of steel separated from an aluminum " console or block". The coolant loss was immediate causing total coolant loss. Very disconcerting at 70mph having coolant spray all over the rear tires (particularly the drivers side rear). Causing the rear of the car to slide sideways on a gentle right hand bend on an interstate.

Press fit glued coolant pipe fitting failed – coolant covered engine and rear tires.

Engine coolant pipes that are epoxied in by the manufacture work themselves loose over time and cause a catastrophic coolant loss that sprays coolant all over the rear tires causing a very dangerous situation. I had to have the engine pulled and the coolant pipes replaced and wielded in.

Discovered numerous Porsche cars with gt1 block engine pre 2010 that are water cooled have coolant fittings that are known to fail due to a glue that is not holding up. As such, driving can suddenly release coolant on the ground causing the car and those cars following it to crash without any warning. This affects 996 and 997 turbos and gt3 variants. The topic is described on rennlist. Com, renntrack. Com, and a vendor actually advertises a fix (sharkwerks. Com). One group of Porsche driving club users will not let cars without this being mitigated to participate in group events due to safety concerns based on a big crash in 2012 at the midohio track (may be 2011). Non track, street crashes and incidents are documents on the internet. This group of cars is a huge risk to all others on the road in addition to themselves. Someone is going to get killed and it seems to be accelerating in frequency. . Read more...

I am concerned that this coolant hose issue will effect my car and cause a safety hazard. I feel that there should be a recall from Porsche to fix this. I understand that the engine coolant hose is glued on using epoxy instead of welded or threaded. Also, I don't want to have to shell out $3. 5k to fix this should it fail because my warranty has expired. If the actual engine blows as a result of this failure I am looking at well over $35000 to replace the engine and fix the problem. My engine coolant temperature sensor has already failed and was replaced on 08/17/2012.

Problem similar to case pe13009 incidents of sudden coolant loss which occurred while driving on public roadways well under highway speed limit (less than 60mph). The problem occur sudden with no way to avoid and check prior incident happen. This could cause huge issue to other motorway drivers and I hope Porsche USA can be responsible for this.

Glued in coolant hoses came out dumping all the coolant from the car in a very short period of time. Since this is a rear engined car, it sprayed the rear tires causing a dangerous situation as loss of traction could have caused a serious accident/fatality if going into a curve or other conditions. This is a known condition with Porsche and they have refused to address this serious safety issue.

My car suffered a catastrophic loss of coolant at highway speed. I was driving and suddenly a plume of smoke appeared in the rear view mirror. I thought that my engine had blown and I pulled the car off of the road. Turns out that smoke was actually steam! I had the car towed to an independent shop where they diagnosed the problem as the water console fittings having blown out. They explained to me that these fittings were held into the console with an epoxy from the manufacturer, and that the epoxy eventually fails. Fortunately, I was going straight when the coolant escaped or the result might have been much worse. The shop repaired my console by replacing the fittings and aluminum welding them in place so they could not fail again. They had to lower the engine to do this. They also told me that there were a couple of other fittings that were similarly epoxied in place on the top of the engine that should be welded too. They said their experience has been that failures of those upper engine fittings have been less common. I opted to not have those fitting welded at that time as the shop would have had to completely remove the engine at considerable additional expense. They recommended I have them welded if ever the engine was removed from the car.

The coolant line connectors that come out of the engine / block are dislodging from the engine blocks and blowing out all of the coolant in a matter of seconds. Porsche used some sort of adhesive to hold the connectors in the block instead of welding them in; as the cars age and go through lots of heat cycles, the adhesive is wearing out and the connectors are blowing out of the engine block causing a massive coolant dump which can be dangerous if travelling at freeway speeds.

First I noticed a burst of white smoke coming out of the rear, and after that, engine temperature start to go up. Since I have very close to home, I just cruise back. After inspection at mechanic, coolant hose has fly off itself and causing all the engine coolant lost. Repairing it costs me 5000+ as it requires dropping the engine, many hours of labor and 2 weeks without the car.

Factory Porsche coolant fittings failed and released from engine block. Dumped coolant over rear tires. Oem coolant fittings are glued into the block and fatigue over time. They should be welded or threaded into block to prevent safety issues. Car would have lost total control if traveling at highways speeds.

Sudden, catastrophic failure of coolant hose 996. 106. 502. 74 by longitudinal split approximately 4" long. Coolant dumped on lr wheel caused loss of control and vehicle spin.

On two separate occasions, the coolant fittings which mount in the cylinder head popped out. The fittings attach to the coolant hoses. In both cases the epoxy that held the fittings in had failed. Each time I was driving and coolant spewed all over the inside of the engine bay and then subsequently onto the road as I was driving. The first incident I was driving about 50 mph (10/19/11 - 52230 miles on the odometer). When this first fitting popped out, since it was behind the alternator, damaged it requiring replacement of the alternator. I had to pay for the alternator and epoxied that fitting out. The second fitting failed on June 14, 2012 with 56384 miles on the odometer. This time it was in a location that required removal of the engine. The circumstances were similar to the first, around 50 mph and coolant dumping over all over the ground. Since this happened a second time, the shop I took the car to removed all 8 of the coolant fittings in the engine, removed the epoxy, and then welded them into place. After two of the fittings popped out, I was not going to take any chances of another fitting popping out and being left stranded yet again.