What Happened

On Septeber 13, 2025 at 6:00am I was warming up the car to attend Cars & Coffee. While it was warming up in front of the house, I heard the pitch of the engine change, went lower and started to struggle. As I looked out front from the garage I could see fluid leaking all over the place. A high pressure fuel line had burst and fuel was spilling from the top of the engine and flowing over everything.

Had this happened but 15 minutes later, I would have been on the road and the car would have caught fire and been a complete loss. I was blessed it happened when it did! Here is a picture of it flowing.

Apparently the fule lines had been done by Porsche Atlanta, but uing stock lines and over 5 years previous – which apparently is their lifetime.

After a bunch of research on how to repair I determined to do it the “correct” way and pull the engine, as it would be simpler when actually replacing the lines and I could do all of the “while your in there” items. I will list those later. I had also always wanted to pull an engine in a car and replace it.

I did have some experience as well. My buddy Jim Newmann had removed and replace a few of his and I was able to help, so I knew the overall process and tools needed. Had I not had this opportunity to help him on his cars, I would probably have just taken it to a shop.

Lessons Learned

• Have a copy of the Bently manual and other books like 101 Projects for your 911 handy
• Have access to the PET diagrams for your car so that you can reference needed part numbers and how things fit together.
• Put the engine at top dead center before you drop the engine. This will help make sure you know where the engine is if and when you need to pull the distributor.
• Use a spreadsheet to document what you do and in what order you do it and to leave yourself notes as you go. Can also write it down, I just do everything electronically so I cant loose it.
• Take a lot of pictures. If you think you have taken too many, take more. You never know what you may need a picture of later!
• As you remove parts, place them in plastic bags and label them. Trust me on this.
• As you go clean electrical connections
• As you go clean everything you can
• On a G Body car, you can simply remove the transmission shift bolt under the car, no need to take it apart inside the tunnel from inside the car.
• Use multiple floor jacks to support. One for the transmission, and two for each side of the engine.

• Do not use Quick Jacks to lift the car when removing the engine. You might be tempted to lift it “just a bit more” and the car could fall off the jacks. Do not ask how I know that.

• Instead, get a set of 6 ton floor jacks and side lift paddles. Put the floor jacks on the torsion bar tunnel and left each side, alternating, until you are high enough to drop and slide the engine out.
• Yes – replace the that the intermediate flanges (930 110 459 00) that the intake sits on top of, as its a pain to redo once the engine is back in the car and you have a vaccum leak.
• Get help! While you can do this yourself if you take your time, help make it go faster and makes gooder memories! I will always remember the time spent with my son Nathan pulling the engine! Love ya buddy!

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The List

Here is the list and order of operations I used.