So I just purchased a 2001 C2. The previous owner decided to sell it and upgrade after the car overheated during a recent DE event. The Porsche dealership suspected that the water pump had failed leading to an overheat.
Since the price of entry was good and the car was in great condition (other than the engine of course) this seemed like a good candidate to turn into a (dedicated?) track car now that I decided to sell my Cayman R.
Initial troubleshooting showed the following:
- Car runs well but there's a ticking noise (valves?)
- There's oil in the coolant (fluid more brown than green in the reservoir). No smoke from exhaust and apparently no tendency to overheat
- No fault codes from the ODBII
- Also drained a small amount of oil and there were small metal flakes. Appeared to be gold in color (perhaps due to the oil?) and non-magnetic
- Appears to be a bit of oil on the bottom of the engine in the area below the IMS
Next step is engine removal.
