Alan

3 minutes ago, daz05 said:

Bad luck, factor in the cost of warranty and inspection and as long as you get a dry run afterwards it maybe isn't so bad. Take the hit and enjoy the car.

There must be someone out there who can refurb these! 

Thanks daz05, I still love the car.

It has now been diagnosed that the original engine mounting has failed and not the one replaced 2 years ago.  I’m looking at a £1.3K bill to replace it.  Porsche GB generously offered to pay for the part that failed 2 years ago, minus the VAT as the warranty had just expired.  No offer this time.  I’m going to leave it for now.

On 9/18/2020 at 7:46 AM, daz05 said:

They are located just in front of the exhaust back boxes. Jacking and supporting with axle stands would be advisable for access.

Unfortunately I don’t have the equipment to do that.  I’m an old git anyway, so I probably shouldn’t be crawling under cars nowadays 🙂. Thanks anyway.

1 hour ago, daz05 said:

I was looking at these the other day, they have electrical plugs in quite an exposed position it wouldn't surprise me if some of these fail because of corrosion on the contact points, your average OPC won't bother checking that they will simply replace them. 

It always seems to be 2014 and 15 cars that fail?

Interesting.  Mine is 2014.  Are the connectors relatively accessible without jacking up the car?  Would Like to check them if possible before it goes in.

8 hours ago, Greenman said:

I was told by the Porsche technician that the design had changed and he hadn’t seen any failures of the newer design units, whether or not that’s true or just bluster I don’t know.

It will be interesting to see if it is the original or the replacement that has failed in mine.  I’ll report back after the service.

TIt’s a ferrofluid coupling.  The ferrofluid stiffens up when a magnetic field is applied across it.  The stiffness is proportional to the electrical current passed through it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrofluid .

It’s a “sealed for life” item.  Unfortunately the life seems short in my experience.

Reading this thread with interest.  2014 981 failed 4 months after warranty expired.  One of the hydraulic mounts was replaced by Porsche Centre Leeds.  Porsche contributed the full cost of the part less VAT, but had to pay full labour which I was happy with.  The car is a bit of a garage queen and has only covered 2000 miles since then (13,000 total).  Today (whilst not using Sport Plus), the warning came on again.  It’s going in at the beginning of October.   I mentioned the previous repair to the service guy.  He checked with his manager and told me the warranty on the previous repair is only covered for 2 years.  I’ve had to authorise a 1 hour diagnostic time.  Looks like it’s full price this time.  I’ll report back.