My 2022 Cayman GTS
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I will be removing my full set of OEM PZeros this weekend (2k on them), they should be coming off this Sunday and I am replacing them with the P4S tyres, do you a good deal if you are interested?
Hi Dan, nice update I'm 14 months behind you with similar car. Live down souf but last 2 cars have come from OPC in Preston.
Couple of questions if I may.
*Just had my insurance renewal at £1000. Garaged and limited to 3000 miles. Can you tell me who you are with please?
* Did you renew your warranty at the end of year 3 if so did that need an inspection?
Thanks Keith
Couple of questions if I may.
*Just had my insurance renewal at £1000. Garaged and limited to 3000 miles. Can you tell me who you are with please?
* Did you renew your warranty at the end of year 3 if so did that need an inspection?
Thanks Keith
Thanks. Much appreciated.
Brilliant travelogue Dan.
I will be doing the Spa Classic again this year followed by a visit to friends in Burgundy. Didn't know fire extinguisher was requirement for Belgium, so thanks for that! Must plan to take in the German museums.
There are a lot of police cars and cameras in France. They show up on Waze, which I think is illegal?, so be prepared to unplug if stopped. In any event its not worth it. The roads, once you get in to the countryside, are of such good quality , and relatively free of traffic, that you can just relax and enjoy. Also noticed that the tyre noise on French tarmac seems to be less?
Enjoy
Keith
Small update.
After collecting the car from its service last week and driving home in the rain the car hadn’t moved until yesterday when I used it to go to work and when I returned home I found a concerning drip of oil coming from the front of the passenger side sill.
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To put some context to this, I drove home from the dealership at the back end of the day and in the rain so it was dark and pretty miserable when I got home. It was bin cleaning day and the chap had left the bins on the drive where I park the car. When I parked up I noticed a rainbowing in the rain water on the drive and assumed it was some residual bin cleaning solution. The car sat for 4 days. I took it to work yesterday, in the dark, and with no reason to look at the passenger side, off I went.
On returning home I noticed the drive was much darker on one side of the drive so parked up on the other cleaner side to investigate. Oil! Where’s that come from?? I turned to look at the car and with dread it was leaving a deposit of oil on the drive. Now to say a wave of panic followed would be an understatement, more like a tsunami! The usual protocol of smearing and smelling between fingers deduced this to be engine oil, and fresh as it’s was almost clear. No leaks from under the belly pan that I could see so a call to my OPC resulted in the car going straight in for inspection.
After an hour or so, my service guy came out to tell me they’re baffled. He had spoken to the tech that had serviced the car and he hadn’t got a clue. It appears the oil is emanating from up behind the side sill but way up and they don’t know why. They both agreed it was engine oil after it was speculated it could be brake fluid or air con oil from a pinched pipe. Further investigation is needed. The sump and oil filters are dry.. so they say.
So as it stands, the GTS is sat dripping oil onto the workshop floor and no one knows why. I’m hoping that it’s something simple but these things never are. It’s never leaked oil before it went in for its major last week. I was asked if I’d changed the air filters after I got the car home but after pointing out it’s done nothing but rain for a week the theory of an incorrectly fitted filler tube ( you have to detach the tube to get to the RHS air filter housing) was parked… for the time being. The intention is to remove the side sill and clear it up. See where the leak is coming from and try and sort it out. Sadly they didn’t have a service loan car available but after having a chat with my sales chap he’s leant me his 420d demo for a couple of days as service had nothing for 3 weeks! I’ll probably take the loaner back today and use my daughter’s car for the rest of the week. I just needed to get home yesterday at it was 1700 by the time I left.
Now I’m very much an analytical type of guy and if there’s an issue I like to go back to the root cause ie last thing done. In this case oil change, filter change and replacing the timing tensioner. The logical answer would be something has either not been fitted correctly or has failed somewhere. It can only be one of those things. Some Googling (and I know you shouldn’t really) brings up a similar story where oil was dripping from the side sill of a chaps car in exactly the same place. After some head scratching it turns out the individual had driven through a puddle of oil which took a lift home and made a bid for freedom on his garage floor. I hope that’s all mine is, we shall see.
Fortunately if something has failed then the warranty ‘should’ cover it. Keep everything crossed for me folks.
Dan.
After collecting the car from its service last week and driving home in the rain the car hadn’t moved until yesterday when I used it to go to work and when I returned home I found a concerning drip of oil coming from the front of the passenger side sill.
.To put some context to this, I drove home from the dealership at the back end of the day and in the rain so it was dark and pretty miserable when I got home. It was bin cleaning day and the chap had left the bins on the drive where I park the car. When I parked up I noticed a rainbowing in the rain water on the drive and assumed it was some residual bin cleaning solution. The car sat for 4 days. I took it to work yesterday, in the dark, and with no reason to look at the passenger side, off I went.
On returning home I noticed the drive was much darker on one side of the drive so parked up on the other cleaner side to investigate. Oil! Where’s that come from?? I turned to look at the car and with dread it was leaving a deposit of oil on the drive. Now to say a wave of panic followed would be an understatement, more like a tsunami! The usual protocol of smearing and smelling between fingers deduced this to be engine oil, and fresh as it’s was almost clear. No leaks from under the belly pan that I could see so a call to my OPC resulted in the car going straight in for inspection.
After an hour or so, my service guy came out to tell me they’re baffled. He had spoken to the tech that had serviced the car and he hadn’t got a clue. It appears the oil is emanating from up behind the side sill but way up and they don’t know why. They both agreed it was engine oil after it was speculated it could be brake fluid or air con oil from a pinched pipe. Further investigation is needed. The sump and oil filters are dry.. so they say.
So as it stands, the GTS is sat dripping oil onto the workshop floor and no one knows why. I’m hoping that it’s something simple but these things never are. It’s never leaked oil before it went in for its major last week. I was asked if I’d changed the air filters after I got the car home but after pointing out it’s done nothing but rain for a week the theory of an incorrectly fitted filler tube ( you have to detach the tube to get to the RHS air filter housing) was parked… for the time being. The intention is to remove the side sill and clear it up. See where the leak is coming from and try and sort it out. Sadly they didn’t have a service loan car available but after having a chat with my sales chap he’s leant me his 420d demo for a couple of days as service had nothing for 3 weeks! I’ll probably take the loaner back today and use my daughter’s car for the rest of the week. I just needed to get home yesterday at it was 1700 by the time I left.
Now I’m very much an analytical type of guy and if there’s an issue I like to go back to the root cause ie last thing done. In this case oil change, filter change and replacing the timing tensioner. The logical answer would be something has either not been fitted correctly or has failed somewhere. It can only be one of those things. Some Googling (and I know you shouldn’t really) brings up a similar story where oil was dripping from the side sill of a chaps car in exactly the same place. After some head scratching it turns out the individual had driven through a puddle of oil which took a lift home and made a bid for freedom on his garage floor. I hope that’s all mine is, we shall see.
Fortunately if something has failed then the warranty ‘should’ cover it. Keep everything crossed for me folks.
Dan.
Hi Dan,
If the drip is on the same side as the timing chain leak you’d have to suspect that there’s a connection there. A gasket leak perhaps, or maybe something else has been disturbed during the repair, but as Dave says diagnosis should be easier when the sill/side panel is removed to get better access.
Hope that Preston get it sorted quickly for you.
Jeff
If the drip is on the same side as the timing chain leak you’d have to suspect that there’s a connection there. A gasket leak perhaps, or maybe something else has been disturbed during the repair, but as Dave says diagnosis should be easier when the sill/side panel is removed to get better access.
Hope that Preston get it sorted quickly for you.
Jeff
So an update from my OPC. It would appear that the oil bottle I keep in the cubby behind the passenger seat has leaked causing the oil to pool and leak down through the panels and onto the sill. It’s strange as that oil has been in the car and never touched since June last year. It is what it is. They’re going to clean it out but if the insulating from is saturated with oil they’ll need to replace it however, they aren’t sure whether the foam will be in the UK so it’ll have to come from Germany… if they aren’t on back order.
I don’t need the car now for the rest of the week and I’ve said they can have it for the next couple of days. Fingers crossed everything can be saved and it’ll only cost me the labour. If it needs parts who know what the cost will be.
Lesson to those that carry oil. Keep it upright in the frunk or don’t take it at all.
Dan
I don’t need the car now for the rest of the week and I’ve said they can have it for the next couple of days. Fingers crossed everything can be saved and it’ll only cost me the labour. If it needs parts who know what the cost will be.
Lesson to those that carry oil. Keep it upright in the frunk or don’t take it at all.
Dan
Ha,ha! That was a bit left-field Dan, but good to hear that it wasn’t engine related, just a clean-up job. Unfortunately you’re into Porsche labour rates and possibly Porsche tax on parts.
Hope it’s not too expensive for you, and at least you should be getting the car back soon.
I keep my oil in a Porsche pouch with a Velcro strip on the back which fixes to a semi-upright panel in the frunk compartment on my 987.2, but not sure that you have the same on your 718.
Jeff
Hope it’s not too expensive for you, and at least you should be getting the car back soon.
I keep my oil in a Porsche pouch with a Velcro strip on the back which fixes to a semi-upright panel in the frunk compartment on my 987.2, but not sure that you have the same on your 718.
Jeff
This has made me check the 'holiday fluids' I carry in the storage box in the front of my 987.2 Boxster.
1 litre Mob 1 there and upright and dry, same for the 1 litre of coolant on it's side, but dry, screen wash concentrate too, all dry.
Safe, not sorry.
1 litre Mob 1 there and upright and dry, same for the 1 litre of coolant on it's side, but dry, screen wash concentrate too, all dry.
Safe, not sorry.
If it helps others not fall foul of the same issue then I've done my bit for the community.
Like you say Jeff, I hope it's just a clean up however looking at Eurospares, the foam acoustic insulation is about £200 and the felt cubby is roughly the same. As it stands labour is at £450. I think I'll be lucky if I get change from £1500, if not more, after they've cleaned it up and put it all back together. I do know the bottle wasn't full. I can't remember the exact amount and I don't know how much was left in the bottle. I really am hoping it'll clean up and they can put it all back. Nothing that a bit of brake cleaner can't cure
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I should know more by midday today.
Dan
Like you say Jeff, I hope it's just a clean up however looking at Eurospares, the foam acoustic insulation is about £200 and the felt cubby is roughly the same. As it stands labour is at £450. I think I'll be lucky if I get change from £1500, if not more, after they've cleaned it up and put it all back together. I do know the bottle wasn't full. I can't remember the exact amount and I don't know how much was left in the bottle. I really am hoping it'll clean up and they can put it all back. Nothing that a bit of brake cleaner can't cure
.I should know more by midday today.
Dan
I still don't understand how it leaked?
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