Daily Reminder To Clean Your Radiators

Pretty common Porsche problem. I've developed a habit of looking for trash in the radiator ducts on every one that I see.

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>>17496475
Now I see why people rice these cars with Home Depot mesh grills

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clean your radiator...show pic of A/C condenser.

>>17497540
Do you not see the radiator behind it?

best method of cleaning this? air compressor?

>>17496390
How is the 996? Is it as bad as people say? So man horror stories keeping me out from buying one.

>>17498567
You mean like "The IMS bearing will fail as soon as you take it above 3000rpm and completely grenade the engine"? Most of them are overblown.

>>17498574
Well, that and also the bore scoring, intermix, RMS, 2nd gear synchros, etc.

>>17498581
RMS is the only thing you'll really encounter regularly, and it's just cosmetic and can be fixed during a clutch job for like $20

>>17498581
Bore scoring, oil/coolant mixing and D-chunk cylinder wall failure are quite rare, 2nd gear synchros are only really an issue if the car's been treated rough, RMS is a relatively simple and cheap fix, as is the air/oil separator.
Most issues and their solutions have been thoroughly documented at this point, too.

A 996/986 really isn't much less reliable than any other car, they just require a bit more attention than a regular shitbox and obviously parts cost more.

>>17499176
Even everyone's favourite 3rg gen TLs have 2nd gear synchro issues and no one bitches about them

Cars are complex things, shit happens

>>17498567
What like 5 put of 70,000 examples sold? You could always LS swap them

>>17501422
More like 10-20%

>>17501579
10% at the very upper limit, and even then all of those bearings were replaced under warranty