porsches996

Hello folks....,

The Porsche is a 2000 996 C2
The engine run perfectly well and do not seams to burn any oil at all
The clutch feels like brand new sure the past owner did it not too long ago

I had a look at the engine serial number...
The 6th letter is a ''Y''
So that's mean the engine is a 2000 (most probably the original engine)
The engine currently has 137,000 miles on it....

The question is:
Do you think folks it is still could be the original engine with the original RMS and IMS on it...

What would you do if this car was yours...this car is my friend's car
Thanks

Robert

P7

Here in Canda, there was a 2000 driven daily w/ over 400,000 kms on it with the original engine and transmission. Car was serviced regularly at Porsche. Not sure about the RMS but almost sure it was the original IMS

dallison28

i am sure it's very possible. I think macster has over 200k on his boxsters' original motor. You just need to drive them.

soverystout

I would have the IMS bearing replaced, RMS seal replaced, check the cam pads and tensioners and make sure the AOS is working properly.

Change the tranny fluid with the correct Porsche gear oil. Change the engine oil if it hasn't been changed in a while.

Pull the spark plugs and check them as well as the coil packs.
Inspect the serpentine belt for cracks.

Maybe have the dealer run he codes or purchase a code reader.

And then drive the **** out of the thing.

Macster

Certainly likely the engine's original. Without full service records it may have had a new engine early on. AFAIK, there is no way to really know otherwise if the engine serial number year code matches the VIN year code. Or could be original engine with new RMS.

This is not unknown: My 02 Boxster has its original engine save for the RMS replaced at around 25K miles (within the 1st year of ownership) and even has its original clutch and the car has covered 233333 (plus) miles. There are other examples with nearly as many miles some older models some a bit newer.

I don't track my car but other high milers track theirs and well they have the high miles too. But to a driver they take exceptional care of their cars.

I'd do what I've done all these years and miles: Change the oil/filter (use an approved oil/viscosity grade) every 5K miles -- and other vital fluids/filters when time/miles call for them to be changed -- and drive the car every chance I get.

Looks like whoever owned the car before your friend took care of the car and drove it right so why mess with success?

Sincerely,

Macster.

Jim Griffin

Pack it up in a very nice box and send it to the Smithsonian Museum and put it next to Lindbergh's airplane and call it the "Spirit of Stuttgart".

Van

Fixed it for ya.

Meister Fahrer

Yeah, no need to dig in and spend a lot of money if it's all running fine.

Have fun.

Sneaky Pete

Another success story!

relinuca

In re. year of manufacturer, the "Y" is a bit strange. My '99's engine serial number-6th digit is a numeric. Only the 3rd. digit is an alpha character. Puzzling, I say.


relinuca

porsches996

Thanks Relinuca...

I read in a previous post that the 6th letter from the right of the engine serial number was the year of the engine...i maybe made a mistake
I will have a look at it
Thanks
Robert

Torontoworker

3rd digit is the engine build year. For 2000 that would be Y

V = 1997
W= 1998
X = 1999
Y = 2000
1 = 2001*
2 = 2002
3 = 2003
4 = 2004
5 = 2005

* Changed over to number instead of letter from 2001 model year on.

All engine numbers in 996's begin with 6 (num of cyl's)
2nd number is engine type: Can be 3, 4, 6 or 8
3rd is year of build
Digits 4 to 8 in your engine code are the serial number's specific to your engine.

For a 2000 model year C2 you *should* see the following 66YXXXXX X=any number you want to pick as an example. If you have a 2000 model year car yet your engine code has a number 1 lets say instead of the Y - it could be a late year build with an early year 2001 engine as long as the engine serial numbers are low. If it's got anything higher then (say 2 or 3) the engine may have been replaced.

2000 Engine Vin#'s started at 66Y00001