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Originally Posted by AZ_porschekid
Do you have any pictures if that exhaust valve? That's crazy
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I do but they're not very crisp and revealing (just a quick pic I took in passing for the buyer), in person you can tell the valve was not seating totally concentrically and there's a little swarf on the outside of the head from the valve rubbing... caught it in time according to the mechanic, no damage. I'll ask for details later of how that's technically possible - I'm not an engine builder, I draw the line at adjusting valves - at the moment I don't really care (other than to recommend a leakdown to the OP) because this is an odd deal :
The guy wants my pretty 912 bad and wants to drive it home down the coast so it needed to have this issue addressed first, and also is financing a small portion so he had to have it professionally inspected in running condition to get his loan $, so he pushed for an immediate repair. So much so that he is paying for the repair out of his own pocket BEFORE he's even officially bought my car. We just got a tentative deal in writing (!!) That's a new one to me! Phoned his CC to my mechanic and said to go ahead and fix it (I made sure of that)! It came out cheaper than expected but that's ballsy, that or my character inspires tremendous trust ;-)
If the deal doesn't go through for any reason, he fixed my car for me ! Of course I would pay him back (minus a small portion for forcing my hand into getting it fixed now, I was not ready to proceed) but he's put himself out there...
But yes, the car had great compression on all 4, 2% leakdown on all 3,and 80% leakdown on #4. And I promise you under you enjoy listening to hissing sounds with a stethoscope, you'd never have guessed by driving the thing. I'll getcha a better answer when I talk to my mechanic again !