Market leader in France, recognised as a specialist and expert in the PORSCHE brand, our engine production plant Check Engine is located near Lyon (France).



We ship our engines to all French-speaking countries (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Morocco, Tunisia, overseas territories...) through our FLAT69 structure as well as to all German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands) through our FLAT Porsche Experts structure.

FLAT now has 20 years of experience in the repair and overhaul of Porsche engines, so it is no coincidence that over the last 10 years we have overhauled more than 1500 engines, including almost 300 engines in 2023.

Today’s PORSCHE cars are no longer what they used to be, and the reputation for reliability that the PORSCHE brand still enjoys is nothing more than a legacy of the past. For this reason, we have been able to compile our own statistics on the service life of Porsche engines. Of course, this is not an exact science, but they are recurring observations that are clearly visible.

	Life expectancy
Boxster / Cayman	160 - 200,000 km
Cayman S	100 - 140,000 km
996 / 997 3.6	160 - 180,000 km
997 3.8	120 - 140,000 km

Failure 1	60%	Piston slap (3.6 and 3.8, and Cayman 3.4)
Failure 2	15%	Faulty IMS bearing (all engines between 2002 and 2005)
Failure 3	15%	Connecting rod bearings and cracked cylinder heads (all engines)
Failure 4	10%	Broken chain, faulty chain tensioner or guide rails