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Originally Posted by SocalBM

Was explained in good detail over on Rennlist. And when we're talking about "GT3 engine problems all over again" let's keep in mind that Porsche was PROACTIVE about replacement so there wouldn't be issues (only a very small handful of engines went up, but they decided to swap them all, just in case after the fix was determined).

Responsible? Yes please.

Only a small handfull of engines went up because no one was allowed to drive their cars until they had replacement engines.

When a manufacturer has to tell owners not to use the car we are talking about a serious issue. Proactive... Well they didn't respond until a few GT3's had gone up in flames and then the response was to stop all deliveries and tell exisiting owners to park their cars. To allow exisiting owners to still use their cars was considered to dangerous and expensive for Porsche (good Call on their part no doubt).

The GT3 engine issue was truly a major quality control failure from Porsche regardless what one might think about how they handled the situation.

BMW had similar embarassing issue with the M5 oil pump issues, but much less public and no engine fires. So this is something any manufacturer can encounter. But if they have a issue with the GT3 RS after the embarassing GT3 engine failures that is certainly cause for concern...

That they handle it in a good way is certainly reassuring. The thing is these major issues should never have happened. No way of handling the problem AFTER it occurs can justify the problem occuring in the first place...


Can you link the thread where the fires was explained in detail at Rennlist?

All I can find is this thread that has no details, just speculation and posts like this:

http://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3/8...e-failure.html

Hi all,

there are several more engine failures, albeit they didn't light up the cars, both on GT3 and RS models.
Actually just yesterday one sat with a dead engine right on the Nordschleife. To note is actually that this is the second engine of this guys car and he did warn his Porsche Dealer that this engine also uses the same amount of oil as the previous engine.

All of them have had considerable oil consumption from start and all have been track driven. There are rather few driven hard on the track and all the ones, from my experience, that are driven closer to the limit have failed. It it seriously odd how slow most 991 GT3/RS owners drive their cars on the Nordschleife, but the reasons should be obvious.

I only know a handful of cars of newer GT3 and RS and all have new engines.

997 GT3 coolant lines? Porsche told everyone to f-off, then beat the law suit and put up the middle finger. Just sayin

Reading that thread I find 3 GT3 RS's that has caught fire...