[porsche tech]

Any given day back in the 996/986 era, there was at least 4 or 5 engines (sometimes more) stacked up on crates in big cardboard boxes behind our shop waiting for Porsche Warranty to call for them to be returned. We had to do a cost analysis, repair vs replace but they always replaced. Once the bearing grenaded there was so much debris throughout the engine it would have been near impossible to get it all removed. Quite often PCNA would even replace the engine for someone who was out of warranty if certain criteria were met. Granted we only saw the problem cars, but boy howdy did we see them!