Excellent video! One thing I'd add, as I've performed this myself, is when installing the new screw, stuff a wad of paper shop towel below where it threads in, so it will catch the screw just in case you drop it while installing. It's very tight, and you're working only by feel with just your fingertips, so it can easily be dropped, especially if it's oily. Without the towel to catch it, good luck finding it!
Great vid. I used curved dental hemostats to grab the broken piece and unscrew it out the back on the driver side. They lock on to the small piece that’s left to allow grip on a very small bolt end
Thank you! My 2015 with 130K miles still had the original bolts and the one on the drivers side was indeed snapped. Appreciate the excellent video, make it pretty easy to do.
Would recommend covering the headlights for protection. Manipulating the tools around those beautiful headlights scares me. Excellent video otherwise. Thank you
Great Video and helped me make the decision to replace my bolts on GTS. purchased bolts from Flat 6 with great instructions ...Well Done - i did use my flexible claw pick up tool to grab the long air box bolts instead of my needle nose, the other suggestion is to use the long extension torx bit to turn the bolt a to line up with the slot before turning the bolt. it made it a little easer to see the slot compared to the needle nose - last but not least the wire harnerss clip in the front was a b...
Wait till you read people (some that I’ve been ID as dealership mechanics) posting extremely abrasive stuff like if you can’t afford it don’t buy a Porsche and quoting the engine out thing and adding FUD about compromised seal even after the 2022 bulletin of the 2 bolt fix came out. I had a 997 that suffered an IMS disaster After engine swap the car was NEVER the same again
4 bolt fix. NOT just 2. The driver side one next to air box (shown here) and the passenger side under the PCV valve hose (NOT shown here) are the tough ones. The reason why the 2 bolt fix sometimes doesn’t work is there’s another 2 that shears easily. And another opportunity for the dealer to pull engine.
Thank‘s for the great video. Due to your tutorial i‘ve found the same issue on my macan…The same bolt was broken on the cover. I‘m now looking to purchase a new one👍🏻
Quico question, why are we changing these bolts. What were the symptoms that this fixed? Was your engine leaking oil or something ? What can this cause being broken ?
Yes, you would only change these if you detect an oil leak. Porsche used aluminum bolts at the factory during a few years of production and they are known to crack/break and fail over time with engine use.
Porsche for a period of time required dealers to pull the engine out and replace all the bolts and reseal everything. Since, they have put guidance out to just replace these bolts.
I can't get the clips on the wiring harness offon the drivers side. It looks like they were already off in the video as it took no effort to unclip. Mine are stuck on super tight.
Excellent video! One thing I'd add, as I've performed this myself, is when installing the new screw, stuff a wad of paper shop towel below where it threads in, so it will catch the screw just in case you drop it while installing. It's very tight, and you're working only by feel with just your fingertips, so it can easily be dropped, especially if it's oily. Without the towel to catch it, good luck finding it!
great advice
the towel is a great idea.... and used it to perfection :)
Even poppin belly pan won’t help. Macan has built in black hole.
Great vid. I used curved dental hemostats to grab the broken piece and unscrew it out the back on the driver side. They lock on to the small piece that’s left to allow grip on a very small bolt end
Thank you! My 2015 with 130K miles still had the original bolts and the one on the drivers side was indeed snapped. Appreciate the excellent video, make it pretty easy to do.
Thank you so much for the share, repaired ours on the weekend and it worked a treat !
Gary
good job i did order bolt from 6 flat replaced myself thank
The dealership did mine. Twenty nine hours of labor to remove/replace the engine.
is this for real? 15k bill cause of a bolt or two?
Would recommend covering the headlights for protection. Manipulating the tools around those beautiful headlights scares me. Excellent video otherwise. Thank you
how can you torque the new bolt to spec when you can barely fit a 1/4" socket to tighten the bolt?
Great video
Great, would it help if we spray some rust brake cleaner?
It's not needed unless there is rust.
Great Video and helped me make the decision to replace my bolts on GTS. purchased bolts from Flat 6 with great instructions ...Well Done - i did use my flexible claw pick up tool to grab the long air box bolts instead of my needle nose, the other suggestion is to use the long extension torx bit to turn the bolt a to line up with the slot before turning the bolt. it made it a little easer to see the slot compared to the needle nose - last but not least the wire harnerss clip in the front was a b...
damn! they really don't want us to repair these cars at home, I hate these engineers.
Wait till you read people (some that I’ve been ID as dealership mechanics) posting extremely abrasive stuff like if you can’t afford it don’t buy a Porsche and quoting the engine out thing and adding FUD about compromised seal even after the 2022 bulletin of the 2 bolt fix came out. I had a 997 that suffered an IMS disaster After engine swap the car was NEVER the same again
4 bolt fix. NOT just 2. The driver side one next to air box (shown here) and the passenger side under the PCV valve hose (NOT shown here) are the tough ones. The reason why the 2 bolt fix sometimes doesn’t work is there’s another 2 that shears easily. And another opportunity for the dealer to pull engine.
Thank‘s for the great video. Due to your tutorial i‘ve found the same issue on my macan…The same bolt was broken on the cover. I‘m now looking to purchase a new one👍🏻
Mann thanks RUclips for this recommendation
Quico question, why are we changing these bolts. What were the symptoms that this fixed? Was your engine leaking oil or something ? What can this cause being broken ?
Yes, you would only change these if you detect an oil leak. Porsche used aluminum bolts at the factory during a few years of production and they are known to crack/break and fail over time with engine use.
Im confused, please help. Why does the dealer require the motor out to perform this repair on a cayenne?
Porsche for a period of time required dealers to pull the engine out and replace all the bolts and reseal everything. Since, they have put guidance out to just replace these bolts.
Damn! I can't believe I paid $1500 for the dealer to fix this.
Detailers want $500 to steamclean the mess pooling all
The way to aluminum pan.
Do you recommend using lock tight on the bolts?
Nope
How tight do the new bolts need to be secured?
10 nm
I can't get the clips on the wiring harness offon the drivers side. It looks like they were already off in the video as it took no effort to unclip. Mine are stuck on super tight.
i used. small flat screw driver to pry 1/4 turn and they didn't break -
Make your life easier by taking out the air boxes first to give yourself more room to work with is the best advice here, thank you sir,