Interesting stuff if you’re into this kind of thing. It’s not that uncommon to find that someone has tinkered with an air-cooled engine without being aware of some unusual and subtle requirements. That being the case, you never know what you’re going to find when you go in for a simple valve adjustment, as in this instance.
1973 Porsche 911 2.4 Engine Adjustments Read More »
A few months after getting an oil change, this customer started seeing a “oil level too high” message.
2013 Audi A8L – 3.5 Quarts of Fuel in the Engine Oil – Sacre Bleu! Read More »
The engine in this car was originally designed for the C-Coupe from the early 2000s. That was a port-injected, naturally aspirated affair. Now they’ve bolted on a vacuum pump to one cam, a high pressure fuel pump to the other cam, beefed up the timing chain to more than twice its original strength, and put a turbo on it.
2012 Mercedes Benz C250 – Engine Top-End Rebuild Read More »
Adam (pictured above) rebuilt this engine 500 miles ago, and now it’s back for a valve adjustment.
1989 Porsche 911 C4 964 – Valve Adjustment after Engine Rebuild Read More »
What do you do when you’re removing a glow plug in your Sprinter and the darn thing breaks off because it’s seized in the cylinder head? This happens as often as it doesn’t.
Sprinter Repair – Behold! $5,000 in special tools! Read More »
This beautiful flagship sedan would whistle while the engine was running, with poor engine performance.
The oil separator had failed – simple enough.
2013 Audi A8L – Mystery Whistle Read More »
Here’s something you really don’t see every day. A fragment of steel from the flex plate flew off while the engine was running, and tore into the crankshaft position sensor.
2003 Dodge Sprinter – Shattered Flex Plate Read More »
Just in for scheduled maintenance, there’s nothing wrong with this car, in any way, shape or form. New Pirellis will be installed before she leaves our shop.
I love this Anthracite Brown. Not to be a hater, but Porsche’s Cognac Brown is a bit much, like blackstrap molasses when you could have used Vermont maple syrup.
2013 Porsche Boxster S Anthracite Brown Beauty Read More »
The driver’s seat in this car is broken. Despite its sumptuous leather stuffed with comfy cushions, motors, levers, cables and sensors, the steel frame broke. The backrest would not stay locked in place, rendering it floppy and unusable.
2010 Audi A5 – Driver Seat Woes Read More »
I’ve seen hundreds, perhaps thousands of air-cooled 911s, and few of them have been as sweet as this one.
This is no survivor, it’s an immaculately maintained specimen. All original interior, paint and clear.
1996 Porsche 993 Cabriolet – Good Heavens, What A Beautiful Example Read More »
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