I BOUGHT A PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO 955! 

The very first big project you will want to tackle, if it hasn't already been done, is swap the plastic coolant pipes under the intake manifold with alloy, as the factory did in later years. The plastic pipes will crack, leak and finally fail entirely. The added insult is coolant will leak down to the transmission, find its way to the torque converter oil seal, dry up, crystalize and then shred the seal. It is a common failure. It's only a few quid to buy the seal, but you have to drop the AISIN transmission to do it. Not fun. It shares this transmission with a Toyota Land Cruiser and is otherwise bulletproof. Early units have had some balky shifting which can be resolved with a new valve body. Not a terrible job. Anyway, alloy coolant pipes or...you've been warned. The insulation on the short wire patch cable to the headlights and those inside the lights are biodegradable. Greens will be happy, but your battery will freak out. The exterior wires are available for swap. I re-insulated the wires inside the headlight with marine grade shrink-wrap. No problems since. There are also two plastic coolant tees unique to the Turbo to feed coolant to the turbos. They are in a very awkward spot to get to but can be swapped out with alloy tees from jagsthatrun.com. Cheap insurance, but a pita to install. There are several other common gremlins attributable to the use of plastic tees for emissions and brake vacuum, and the coolant expansion tank. Hmmm... German car, so all of the coils will fail at about 100K miles along with the fuel pumps. The later can be swapped directly with less expensive Touareg units. The rear gas struts for the hatch & glass will also fail, and should all be replaced together. Keep the cowl drains clear or water ingress will result in electrical gremlins. If your electronics start acting up, check under the front carpets for corrosion of the inexcusably unprotected splices you find. Clean, re-solder and shrink wrap. Valve cover seals are more challenging than they ought to be due to tight access of the bottom bolts closest to the firewall. Contortionist required. There is a tensioner bolt for the cam chain on the right front of the engine that likes to back out and leak oil everywhere. Snug that up. Some day, the driveshaft carrier bearing will come loose from its support rubber. The bearing is fine, the rubber has failed. Google "Jimmi-fix cayenne" and you will find a long lasting $5 solution to the problem, or pay Porsche $1000 for a new driveshaft that will eventually fail again. The PCV and intake manifold boost check valves all use a rubber diaphragm. The PCV diaphragm and spring can be replaced through third party sources. Here in the States, I used FCP Euro for the check valves. They all fail eventually. Failed check valves blow boost pressure from the intake past the PCV and into the crankcase. Oil leaks ensue. A torn PCV allows excessive amounts of oil vapor to be sucked into the intake manifold off boost. If you have an oil consumption problem, look to these items first. Also, at every oil change, open the pipe from the turbo to the intercooler right where it meets the intercooler, on the left-hand front of the vehicle. It is one quick release, undone with a screwdriver, takes a minute. A few tablespoons of oil will dribble out. Burning oil excessively will, over time, kill your catalytic converters. Early in my ownership, I had these problems, and struggled to pass California emissions testing, addressed the issues, then tried some miracle cures in a can and good to go ever since. Again, an ounce of prevention here is worth a pound of cure.

Beautiful ☺.. Been waiting for this haha

You have done a great introductory job on this 2003 Porsche Cayenne Turbo. Keep up the good work.

Looking forward to the drive on your Next video.

Well done mate.

Thx for the info mate

Good choice 👍

god job boy, I have a same car but in gray-silvermet. and always a dream car !!!! 🙂

This 2003” Porsche Cayenne Turbo is in great condition. Good purchase.

I really fancy running one of these for the winter

I prefer the aggressive stance on this design. If I could find three of these 2003 Porsche Cayenne Turbo in good shape I would own them.

Very nice indeed, i currently have a really nice x5 e53 3.0ds and thinking about one off these ?

i have 955 turbo 2005. very GOOD CAR

It’s mileage might seem it will be reliable but you’ll find the wiring on the headlights will have degraded…the wiring in the footwell…fuel pumps..high pressure fuel pumps £1000 the list goes on!

wanted to hear her roar up ninnman

im deciding between 3.2 v6 or 4.8 4.8s have better spec but what MPG should i expect for short distance urban travel ?

Chrome the front grilles

I wouldn't buy the first year of a platform... I got the 2006, been much more reliable than what I've read about 03-04s

Das Lenkrad ist auf der falschen Seite !!!😂

This one looks mint and sounds like a good example based on that "reluctant to let go" story all you Brits love to give but then still sell the car. So, not so reluctant after all. I just bought 955 Cayenne S with a ruined engine (but it had the interior you like) and sold it for parts and there is also a cheap one of these on my local market but despite the juicy outlook of a 331kw super-SUV, I am none too excited about the probable mechanical issues a bargain basement example might entail in it. Cool video but I would cut the shit like opening up every cubby hole (unless it is something interesting people might not know about), showing ashtrays and original Porsche medkits. Instead, try to cram in as much what you deem really worthwhile showing thus cutting down the empty video time & give a little test drive to the people instead. As you may take a gander, I also have a shitty YT channel & I am working on the same aspects. Ask yourself: "What people want to see in a video?" For me, the answer is that people either want to be entertained or learn something new.

Good luck..you’ll be spending copious amount of money on it..

how is gas prices in your contry, i have 2004 he in us , its nice car , but gas hog

I bought a 1994 ford Taurus!!!!

I bought an ice cream cone from McDonald’s!!!!!!

I bought a steak from Costco!!!!!!