Replacing the rear engine hood damper of the Porsche 911

Broken Porsche 911: Support Cylinder

Yes, that was May 2019.

As usual, I enjoyed watching my Porsche 911 Carrera (991.2) and checking where the VIN number was located.

When I opened the rear engine hood, in the case of Porsche 911 GT3, there is a function that locks when the hood is opened, and the opened hood is fixed properly so that it does not fall automatically. However, in the case of 911 Carrera, even if you open the rear hood ... When you take your hand off the hood, Bachan! I noticed that it fell with great momentum and closed.

I wrote in this blog that "Porsche 911 Carrera's engine hood closes automatically" with the understanding that "a car without wings has no lock, let alone a damper". ..

I'm sorry, I wrote something that I didn't understand. But at that time, I really believed that ...

Oh, oh, then! !! From the person who read the blog, on Twitter

"Doesn't the 991 have a damper? ?? I was surprised lol 996 came with one! "

I got a comment. I was even more surprised to receive this comment! "Yes, yeah. Maybe this is just broken ?!" (laughs).

I will confirm with the sales person immediately.

"Even if I open the rear hood, it doesn't stay in the raised place, it falls and closes with great momentum. Is this still broken?"

"…broken."

Nuu.

What the hell was it broken, Carrera-san! !! !! When it comes to my Porsche, I only accept it positively in any situation, so "Oh, I don't hold the rear hood, it's a bit dangerous, so be careful not to pinch your fingers!" I was talking happily, but ... it was broken! !! !!

... that's what happened (laughs).

already. No, not for Carrera, but for the blind self, who didn't realize that it was broken, is "already". I have to be a little calm ...

Rear lid (engine hood) support cylinder replacement

That's why. Finally, my 911 also stopped with the rear hood open ~ ^ ^

I'm happy to open the hood in various places and take pictures for a while (← I'm not calm after all).

This time, I wondered, "Is this broken?", And that thought was confirmed when I searched the Internet (before contacting the sales staff). Even overseas, there was a person who said, "The engine lid of 991 has come down."

That person thinks that Porsche Parts (OEM) should change the shock of "#991-512-551-00", but is there anything that is not genuine? I heard that.

In conclusion, there were many opinions that "it is not so expensive, so it should be genuine (OEM)" ^ ^

By the way, the part that was said to be "replace this" here is a part called a "support cylinder" called a gas spring.Here is the one sold at Sunset Porsche Parts..

Exchange at the Porsche Center

This time, I had it replaced at the Porsche Center, but I think that the part called the support cylinder here was probably replaced. I haven't confirmed it (laughs). If you fix it, that's fine ... ^^

Oh, now the rear lid (engine hood) is Bachan! It never closes.

AndI'm starting TwitterIt was good ^^ I am very grateful to those who commented. thank you!

If I didn't get any comments at that time, I'd be happy if I could enjoy saying, "It's dangerous because it closes automatically again." ← Maybe I was happy because I didn't know anything about it (laughs)?

But this time, I didn't even notice that it was broken, and Carrera felt "I'm sorry".

By the way, I got the impression that this damper part is often useless, such as "I'm starting to fall," from overseas online information.

You can take pictures from such a distance with the rear engine hood open!

I think it's a matter of course (laughs), but for me now, I'm a little touched and happy, so I open up various shots. When you open it, you can enjoy the scent of the heat of the engine even better.

While enjoying the scent of engine heat, if I was injured by being caught in the hood that had fallen, I think that even if I sent it for the same repair, I think that Porsche would be laughing, so before that happened It was really good. Fufufu ^^

Even so, the damper part of this engine lid seems to deteriorate unexpectedly, so one day it may suddenly fall, so please be careful.

Rika (911supercars.com)

I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).