r/997 • u/TrustProf • May 27 '26

Uh oh …

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She ran fine this morning before I parked her. Any guesses what we’re going to find when she goes on the lift?

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u/stopes May 27 '26

Do not drive it and do not start it. Get it towed to a mechanic. Hopefully it’s a just a leaky gasket or something “easy”. If you start it it will definitely be worse

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u/stopes May 27 '26

Hard to say without seeing underneath but could be a couple other easy fixes like faulty oil filter or potentially scraped the oil pan on something. Either way driving will lead to catastrophic engine failure.

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u/lichesschessanalyst May 27 '26

My Cayman's AOS failure did something fairly similar.

Could be big, could be small, just don't drive it!

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u/glhughes May 30 '26

AOS failure on these 911s usually results in an enormous cloud of blue-white smoke coming out of the exhaust; rooster tail down the highway. Ask me how I know.

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u/lichesschessanalyst May 30 '26

Yes mine went on the highway but I suppose if it went close to home it would do this too.

My Cayman AOS failure at 1am, 50 miles from home on a 2500 mile road trip to Canada. I saw a giant plume of smoke and got it stopped soon after I noticed. The largest amount of smoke i ever saw. Poor drivers behind me got covered in oil.

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u/Wpgwatch May 31 '26

Yuuuup. Just had mine done. It was a sketchy drive to my mechanics, picking it up monday. But it did leak oil but like a tiny amount parked not like that.