I'm one of the lucky 996 owners who has not experienced a RMS leak. I currently have 49k miles and really don't drive it too hard and only about 3-4k miles per year. Just wondering, (and this is probably a Porsche Doc question), but is there any correlation between driving hard, having a certain amount of miles, to having the RMS leak?

Who else hasn't experienced a RMS leak?

 

109,000 miles and no RMS issues here, although I did need to have both valve cover seals replaced, which was just as expensive when you consider all the other parts I had to replace. I don't think you will hurt the motor by driving it hard. I drive mine every day though, and always wait till it gets all 9 quarts up to operating temp before I do any spirited driving. According to Porschedoc, "Typically, if the engine does not show a leak at the RMS by 15k miles, then it will not likely occur."

I've been eyeing a Targa just like yours in Artic Silver, becauseI like the idea of being able to open that rear window for loading cargo. Nice car.

Get out and drive more,

Kevin

 

Thanks Kevin