How To: Macan Timing Bolt Replacement Guide

[@aoxomoxoa186]

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!

[@mikenatale8583]

great advice

[@mikenatale8583]

the towel is a great idea.... and used it to perfection :)

[@johnsonwu126]

Even poppin belly pan won’t help. Macan has built in black hole.

[@alex159569]

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.

[@mikenatale8583]

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...

[@nathanst.andrew2758]

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

[@garygriesel80]

Thank you so much for the share, repaired ours on the weekend and it worked a treat ! Gary

[@frankcorsi7562]

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👍🏻

[@Bamfalicous]

Even if you don’t have the leak I feel like it would be a good idea to do before you have the issue. Thoughts !?

[@raw_pc]

💯

[@builtyankeegirl]

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,

[@EviLPlayeR04]

Mann thanks KZbin for this recommendation

[@raw_pc]

Thank you for sharing the process and usefull tips.

[@davidboyd1755]

Thanks for this. Does this kit work with the 3L V6 diesel 2016 engine? Im in the UK.

[@johndao4660]

good job i did order bolt from 6 flat replaced myself thank

[@Darren51283]

The dealership did mine. Twenty nine hours of labor to remove/replace the engine.

[@FMG1964]

Why in the world would the engineers think using aluminum bolts would be a good idea? Since I'm putting steal bolts back in, should I use some antisieze on the threads? I'm assuming we're screwing into aluminum right, or is there a helicoil type of insert in there? What's your recommendation?

[@mikenatale8583]

how can you torque the new bolt to spec when you can barely fit a 1/4" socket to tighten the bolt?

[@Battleborn357]

Do you have a discount code?

[@bradbedell2705]

I used a short pencil with a new eraser on the end. Pressed it against the broken bolt and it came right out.

[@JeffKeenan-n3x]

How much do you charge for labor to replace the two bolts?

[@Flat6Motorsports]

We charge 2 hours of labor ($390)

[@johnmart2383]

Excellent

[@takyritorrey2436]

Great, would it help if we spray some rust brake cleaner?

[@Flat6Motorsports]

It's not needed unless there is rust.

[@YoungNCrazy]

Great video

[@kc550]

I thought this would be much more involved, as in, several bolts requiring replacing. Was it always just these two bolts? I find it hard to believe that they were dropping the entire engine to replace two bolts...

[@Flat6Motorsports]

These 2 bolts tend to be the most common to break and leak. It doesn't mean the others aren't susceptible but in the vast majority of cases, only these 2 break. Porsche used to drop the engine, reseal and replace all of the bolts. They changed their guidance to their dealers to replace the bolts instead about 18 months ago.

[@kc550]

@@Flat6Motorsports amazing, thanks for the reply. That's a massive relief, as I've always wanted an S but steered clear from the tales of the engine-out service.

[@SF-zy7pl]

Does second gen macan 2.0 pdk 2019-2022 have any common issues? thanks

[@Flat6Motorsports]

Nothing unusual

[@SF-zy7pl]

@@Flat6Motorsports Thank you Sir, and what are the usual 😆😆😆

[@ewaste9658]

is this for real? 15k bill cause of a bolt or two?

[@raw_pc]

Porsche used to take out the whole engine in the beginning and as a result it was a huge amount of labour hours. Later they changed the procedure hence the much lower prices and quicker overall tunraround.

[@stevenlee2178]

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.

[@mikenatale8583]

i used. small flat screw driver to pry 1/4 turn and they didn't break -

[@bigbuggaman]

Im confused, please help. Why does the dealer require the motor out to perform this repair on a cayenne?

[@Flat6Motorsports]

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.

[@mehdi080607]

How tight do the new bolts need to be secured?

[@Embrxceyourdemons]

10 nm

[@MrGlenLouie]

Do you recommend using lock tight on the bolts?

[@Flat6Motorsports]

Nope

[@lncollege]

Would recommend covering the headlights for protection. Manipulating the tools around those beautiful headlights scares me. Excellent video otherwise. Thank you

[@jayace401]

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 ?

[@Flat6Motorsports]

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.

[@johnsonwu126]

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.

[@bunjicarlin1]

Do you repeat this exact, same procedure on both the left and right sides on the 2.0-cylinder base model? Thank you.

[@Flat6Motorsports]

This is only for the V6 model.

[@bunjicarlin1]

@Flat6Motorsports Thank you for your response 🙏🏽

[@leivabernie]

Porsche Service did this job (replacing the timing cover and other parts) under warranty for $ 13k!!!! What is wrong with these engineers bru?? 😂😂😂

[@garymedina7017]

Damn! I can't believe I paid $1500 for the dealer to fix this.

[@johnsonwu126]

Detailers want $500 to steamclean the mess pooling all The way to aluminum pan.

[@MrNanah38]

damn! they really don't want us to repair these cars at home, I hate these engineers.

[@johnsonwu126]

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