After 140k miles… how healthy is a 996 Carrera engine?

My Porsche 996 Carrera AKA ‘Little Irish’ has been used as intended in the four years and 60,000-miles under my ownership. The overall mileage on the clock is now 140,000 miles… so how healthy is this often maligned flat six? Is a rebuild imminent? I find out with a visit to Porsche specialists Wrightune, who perform a range of tests to determine the state of play with my plucky 3.4-litre M96 engine. Let’s see what the results bring!

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