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Originally Posted by John_AZ
Nasty!
Did you have help in selecting your car? A PPI maybe?
carlege is correct on the engine.
Keep the car and buy a 2nd 944. With 2 you can pick and choose the good and the bad and sell the rest to your neighbor with a 16 year old son.
You want to drive a 944 and not "enjoy" it on your laying on your back.
Now you know what to look for and what to avoid.
Get a PPI on your next purchase.
GL
John
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I had a PPI. The engine passed is which annoys me. I should have relied more on the autocheck report. However, I ignored all the really bad warning signs. I bought it from a mechanic who drives a 86 944 NA. While he had done quite a lot to the exterior mechanicals (exhaust, remove and replace transmission, brakes, mini-service with plugs, distributor cap, etc.), he told me upfront that he had not gone inside the engine. I didn't know then that i should have asked for a compression test. The car had basically sat for almost 10 years after a major transmission issue and an odometer problem. She literally had not been on the road for more than a test drive in 9 years when I bought her. She began leaking oil like crazy as soon as she was regularly on the road again. Also, due to the extended period of time that she sat, so much had just seized, perished or rotted rot off the car. Every valve, gasket and seals needs replacing on this car due to sitting. However, I beginning to suspect that someone burnt a valve or two at the time they trashed the transmission. I had looked for about 4 months in 2010 and I really didn't see much else out there for $5,000 or less. If they had a good mechanical history, the inside was trashed as well as the exterior. If they looked pretty or had been repainted, they had no mechanical history or large gaps. I took it back a few times to the mechanic I bought it from and he worked on it but it was still leaking oil terribly the last time I got it back from him so I took to another mechanic who specializes in older Porsches and particular 944s and 911s. Every time the phone rings from this new mechanic, I dread answering it. I can pull and replace parts that are easily accessible but I've never rebuilt an engine (well a 57' chevy but we did that during an extended lunch break in high school - took only 1.5 hours). I've got your basic mechanic's tools but I don't have a lift, engine hoist, real air compressor, or things like that. I wouldn't mine learning on a parts car but I have no where to put it unless I rent a garage in the sticks which is becoming more and more of what I am thinking of doing.