Wednesday - 1:30pm:
Shop is getting things back together, all is going well. They expect to have it done tomorrow.
Some lessons learned so far -
1. If you're loosing coolant and can't find a leak anywhere, STOP driving the car and have a shop check to see if coolant is getting in the engine!
2. A white bucket is the way to go to see if the oil is brown from coolant.
3. If you have ANY evidence of coolant in the oil, plan on replacing the rod bearings. The coating on those things gets eaten up by a little coolant. Once the coating is gone, they fail rather soon thereafter.
4. At about 120,000 miles - replace the head gasket and the variocam blocks.
5. You'll probably need new motor mounts also at 120,000 miles.
6. If you don't drive your car like a Porsche was meant to be driven, you will have a bunch of carbon in the intake manifold and ports.
7. If you overheat the engine, replace the head gasket. If may be okay now, but it will fail soon thereafter, it's the after part I hate...
8. And finally, like Chris Alvarado in Austin says, "Drive it like you stole it!"
