Bump.

 

No leaks, but I have just under 16,000 miles on mine.

 

Timing cover at 42,000 miles. Dealer is saying 6 hour job, just waiting on approval for warranty repair from Porsche.

 

If they're quoting 6 hours, don't walk. Run to another dealership. The engine MUST be dropped to do this job correctly. There are many, many, comments of owners who had a hack-job fix done only for the leak to return.

Mine happened at 30K. Spent a week in the shop. No negative after-effects. The paperwork was about four pages long with all the parts and labor spelled out. My price, under warranty, was ~$78. Do it right the first time. not the secod or third time.

 

Also the timing cover for me. 2017 Macan Turbo with 52,000 kms.

 

Timing cover leak for me. 2016 Macan Turbo with 40,000 miles

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Timing chain cover, '18 S, 31k mi, going to the dealer at the end of October. They told me it could of take up to 10 days to get it fixed.

 

Just checked under my 2018S 23000 miles
Looks like there is a small amount of oil on the bottom under the cover.
I had to add a quart at about 14000 miles, dealer did not notice it at 20000 service???
the green digitol Indictor is at half up the scale.

taking it in this week

 

I just dropped our '17 GTS with 17K miles on it off at Porsche of Livermore for the timing chain cover leaks. Actually will leave oil drops on the garage floor. I pulled the bottom inspection cover off 5K miles ago and photographed it and then cleaned it all up. The just 3 weeks ago, after about 1500 miles I pulled the inspection cover off and it was all wet and dripping again. Took photos and cleaned it all up and put it back together.
The service adviser at Porsche told me to expect 3-4 weeks in the shop as they only have 1 engine table and it is presently tied up. I got a new Cayenne loaner so I am fine with that. I did ask they not wash my car when it is done. I prefer to manage that myself. I hope it is done correctly and comes back running and driving the way it should with no leaks.

 

We had the timing chain cover leak. How do I add my vote to this survey?

 

I don't know, I couldn't. Was it the engine-out repair? How long did it take? Any problems afterwards?

 

2 years ago: Replace LF inner CV boot (leak that he 1st thought was differential)
Done under warranty By Porsche.

 

I thought it was some extra stuff the owner wanted done during the warranty repair. I would for sure.

 

Add me to the Valve Cover Gasket.

 

Timing chain cover. At least one of the bolts was sheared right in half. 69k miles. Was fine at 60k, or so the dealer said.
Out of warranty (time ok, but too many miles). Dealer said they'd go to bat for me. Hope so.

 

Timing chain cover. At least one of the bolts was sheared right in half. 69k miles. Was fine at 60k, or so the dealer said.
Out of warranty (time ok, but too many miles). Dealer said they'd go to bat for me. Hope so.

I am also out of warranty (2015 Macan S, 54K miles) and am having the timing chain cover oil leak issue. I spoke with the dealership and they said sometimes Porsche is willing to split the cost (more willing for long term customers). I’m curious if they helped you out?

 

Add me to the timing chain cover leak list. Just over 12,000 miles. Still under warranty, thank goodness. The service manager said it will in the shop a few days.

Oh, well. At least it didn’t come as a surprise!

 

I spotted my TCC leak in late April 2019 when performing an oil/filter change at around 30K miles.
I took photos and sent them off to the dealership service manager who scheduled my vehicle to come
in for the TCC repair.

At the time, oil had not made its way to the underpanel.

The repair included numerous bolts as well as valve cover gaskets.

When I took ownership, the Macan had just under 14K miles and until the TCC repair, I added oil 2X
between oil changes. Since the repair, there's been no oil "consumption". I check the oil level frequently.


Good luck!

 

Unfortunately I have to add my new 2021 GTS to this poll. She is at the dealer now with a value gasket cover leak. I discovered the oil drops on my garage floor at 2014 miles. When i was able to get her to the dealer i had a little over 2200 miles.

 

valve cover gasket?

2 months and 2K miles - that's a quick leak!

...hope they get it all tidied up!

 

@oqjnLu@>@W thats what he told me Saturday morning. They had her back in the shop for about and hour and half before he came out to give me the news.

He told me that they see this either very low miles like mine, or very high miles. I asked if he had an idea why this happened, he thinks it wasn’t properly sealed at the factory.

Supposed to get her back either late Tuesday or Wednesday if all goes well.

 

With respect, I do not believe that by changing one or two bolts constitutes a proper fix for this issue. Why? Because if one were to look at the complete Porsche repair process, there is a very specific bolt tightening process that occurs for every bolt, twice around. If one were to change only a few, say, one to three, it might be suggested that the proper pull-down of the gasket with EQUAL pressure around the entire cover would be impossible to match. Remember, from the factory (still not knowing whether this was performed manually or by machine), I would venture to say that over time, until a leak was found and repairs effected, the gasket has been compressed in a particular pattern and pressure. Deviating from that hold-down pressure could compound the potential for a subsequent leak going forward. If I'm not mistaken there have been one or two from this forum who have had to take their Macan back in for another round of repair to fix it correctly.

Now with that said, I agree that the engine may not have to be dropped to replace the gasket and re-install all the bolts properly. Note, I said 'may'. Mine was dropped to ensure it was done correctly the first time.

 

I'm with Porsche on this fix. It seems that SOP is not changing the broken bolts but actually re-sealing the gasket. I only had 1 bolt stripped and they changed the whole piece (at least by the paperwork ). Would I do this outside of warranty? **** no.

 

Ok, oh wise ones.

Best guesstimate on how long does it take to fix the gasket on the value cover?

Dropped GTS off on Saturday. Part ordered on Monday. I was told on Saturday that it would be ready Tuesday night, Wednesday the latest. So I call today to check on my car to see if we are still on schedule for pick up tomorrow after school. Well he tells me that they need more time. So I ask what you need a day? Nope Friday maybe. So I have a tentative plan to get my GTS back on Saturday. A week with them having the car. When I talked with him when I dropped it off, he made it sound like a pretty easy fix. I’m guessing its not a quick fix like he thought.

All I can say is that I’m thankful that this repair is not on my dime.

 

Sounds as if your dealer is just plain busy.

I had to get one of the valve cover gaskets replaced last year. Had to bring the car back a second time because they did not have the part in stock, and it actually took them about two weeks to get it.

But they said the repair would take about two hours, so I just waited while they did it, and it took just about the two hours they said it would.

 

Warranty work...

Haven't there been other discussions concerning the priority warranty work gets at
some dealerships?

OTOH, you've bought two (2) Macans from this dealership?

The actual process of changing the gasket doesn't take a lot of time - maybe a 2 hour (max!) in
the flat rate manual.


Good luck!

 

Thanks everyone, so it seems like an easy fix and maybe they are just busy. I hope that is the reason. (Or they just love my car so much they want to keep it for a while 😀) He did tell me that they had to remove a few things to get to where they need to get to do the repair. I’m surprised that they didn’t send me away with my car and had me bring it back when the part hits town.

@oqjnLu@>@W This dealership wouldn’t work with me on either car. I have a love hate with this dealership. The sales section has not been the best experience both times I wanted to order a car, but when I was getting the first one serviced the service department has been great to me. The first time I was brushed off I ordered from Champion in FL, and for the new one I ordered her from a dealer in my state about 200 miles away.

 

How was your PEC delivery experience 11-2020 vs. 2-2018? The (redacted) virus must have made a difference.

 

Not @Jellybean, of course, but did you check out her thread Santa 🎅 came early and left something beautiful for me ? Pretty thorough PEC report there.

 

Here's the V6 in situ with all TCCs removed and the TC, etc. exposed. All bolts would have to have been removed
in order for the covers to have come off:

IDK why Porsche specifies engine out. Perhaps it really is a simpler procedure to disconnect the suspension components, cooling
system, AC system, etc. than removing the front bumper, radiator, etc., etc.

Either way - it's a LOT of effort!

 

We are now on plan C for pick up.

Dropped car off on Saturday 23rd for them to conifm that it was oil that I found on garage floor, hour and half ish later, yep this lady knew what she was talking about.

Plan A) supposed to be ready Wednesday January 27
Plan B) ready on Friday, pick up Saturday January 30th

Didn’t get a call so I just called before I headed to dealer

Now plan C) ready on Tuesday, arandged to pick up on Wednesday February 3rd.

When I told him that I owned the Mamba GTS, he goes “Oh i know your car well”

Said repair went well, but they still need more time. He hopes to have it finished on Monday, do some test drives on Tuesday. I asked to get it on Wednesday since that worked with my schedule after school. He happily agreed to let me come on Wednesday. I offered to bring their loaner back if they needed it and was told no keep it.

I asked him like the last guy I spoke with to please call me if the time frame changes so I can arrange what I have planned for after school. I told him if Wednesday doesn’t work I guess we will be on for plan D. I thanked him for taking care of my 2 month old baby.