This article applies to the porsche 911 997 2005 2012.
Porsche 997 coolant capacity.
The porsche 997 coolant leak issues have been discussed on porsche forums the world over.
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Add one more liter as well if you have an automatic transmission.
The solution for the oem porsche plastic coolant pipes.
Many people will debate that you should probably flush the system as scheduled maintenance and that it couldn t hurt to do so.
Water pumps can and do fail on any car.
Find out how much coolant does your car need.
At 35 a gallon it can be somewhat more expensive than generic coolant but the porsche coolant is not premixed.
The porsche boxster depending on model year has a coolant capacity of nearly 5 gallons.
Porsche 997 is the internal designation for the porsche 911 sports car manufactured and sold by german manufacturer porsche between 2004 as model year 2005 and 2012.
Porsche states that the coolant in the porsche 997 is a lifetime coolant.
So you ll need 3 gallons of coolant and 3 gallons of distilled water or 6 gallons of coolant mix 50 50.
2009 911 carrera s coupe 997 v2 model specifications on excellence the magazine about porsche.
If you do the same be sure to get phosphate silicate and nitrite free product such as prestone.
Coolant pipe failure on the porsche 997 1 turbo 911.
The corrosion and failure of the porsche 997 coolant pipes.
And while many discussions centre around the water pump and header tank there is a more significant issue that is discussed less often.
I chose not to go with the porsche coolant.
Recommended antifreeze for radiators of porsche 911.
Plan on using about 19 liters 5 gallons of coolant for cars without a center radiator.
Our porsche repair service team considers this a must do maintenance item for all porsche 997 turbo s.
Evidence of this common leak is noticeable on the under side of the porsche s engine.
The handbook and porsche s own web site only say you must use the very expensive genuine porsche product.
Antifreeze for porsche cars i recently needed to top up my 2012 981 boxster s and wanted to use an antifreeze mix rather than just plain water.
Production of the carrera and carrera s coupés began in early 2004 all wheel drive carrera 4 and carrera 4s began to be delivered to customers in november 2005 the turbo and gt3 derivatives went on sale in late 2006 and the.
