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Date:         Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:48:48 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Answer to:  New Toy
Comments: To: jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM
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My neighbor had an early 911e (that's right E) it sat for several years and once he started it there was oil everyewhere. Well not everywhere but a good 48" circle on his driveway. He quickly progressed to giving his Porscvhe it's very own bath mat that seemed to work until the wind wisked it away. So it's back to just the constant oil drips now that are progressing down his slightly slanting driveway. I tend to think that hes has moee [problems than just a crankcase that got overfilled from the holding tank.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff at Vanagonparts" <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 12:53 PM Subject: Answer to: New Toy

> Henry got it. He's been appointed honorary Porsche guru of the month. > > If it sits long enough, the oil from the sump tank on a 911 will overfill > the crankcase and slowly leak into the exhaust. That's why when the car is > first started, it doesn't smoke, but once the exhaust gets hot, the oil in > the muffler starts to burn and smoke. The quickest way to get rid of the > smoking is to drive it at speed for about an hour. That usually cooks all > the oil out of the exhaust. > > Believe it or not, this is the third long-sitting 911 I've seen this on. > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Henry.Luhrs@Bruker-BioSpin.com > [mailto:Henry.Luhrs@bruker-biospin.com] > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 10:02 AM > To: jeff@vanagonparts.com > Subject: Smoking 911 > > > Hi Jeff, > If it didn't smoke after being in a garage for a few years, > there's something wrong. The oil always gets on the exhaust > manifold while in storage for long periods of time. If it hasn't been > run for a while, be careful of the fuel lines (even the metal ones) as > they can start to leak. > > Henry > 87 Syncro > 91 Jetta GLI > 89 Scirocco 16V > 80 911


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