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    PCA (Porsche Club of America)
  • Present cars
    2002 996 C2
  • Former cars
    Boxster S
    2 Impreza Turbo's
    BMW 330i

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  1. I did, just waiting for the 1hour wait before I can put more numbers in. Thanks, Paul Edited to add 0926 worked, so going up the 2 digits worked, excellent thankyou very much.
  2. Neither of those worked unfortunately, thanks anyway.
  3. Hi Re-installed a cr-22 into the car after having aftermarket and realised I don't have the code. CR-22 type 4367 S/N 25002423 I hope you can help, thanks in advance. Paul
  4. Sorry to come in on this thread but how would this affect oil consumption? I have high oil consumption in my 996 3.6 also and have checked everything. I too have a sooty tailpipe on one side so sounds like this could be worthy of investigation. I also suspect the MAF needs replacing. I have 81000 miles on the car.
  5. That's the only part I needed other than the bolts that hold it in place (cant remember if there were 2 or 3 of them now) It is a difficult job DIY due to access. I removed throttle body and both rubber pipes joining the intake distributors, alternator, intake distributor on the left bank. This gave enough access for me, but it was just one of those awkward jobs really. Any help required, please feel free to PM Cheers Paul
  6. See you got it finished in the end then Steve. What did you do with the exhaust pipes? Did you get the link pipes and trims from the c4s and did they fit in OK with the bumper being 35mm narrower? Cheers Paul
  7. All back together now, was straight forward enough with the access given by removing generator and intake distributor but just took time as it was awkward working in the small space. Took about 3 hours to fit it all back together, amazingly there were no fixings left over and I remembered where all the vacuum hoses went etc etc. Thoroughly cleaned the throttle bodies and intake distributors off all the oil residue that was covering them. Used the opportunity to remove the MAF sensor and cleaned that out with electrical contact cleaner and cotton wool bud and blew out with compressed air. Also cleaned the air filter out with compressed air. Topped up the oil to maximum and the coolant (some of this comes out when removing the old separator) and took it out for a spin. Gladly, there were no warnings when switching the ignition on and starting the car and all guages were normal so off I went. The car is now much more responsive than it was, obviously as a result of no oil vapour passing through the combustion chambers and the MAF/filter being cleaned. It is much smoother driving now especially in town. Also there used to be a noticable step/jerk at 3000 rpm as it changed variocam settings both up and down the revs and this has disappeared now also. Once it was fully warmed, I tested it to the upper limits of it's performance and it was great smile.gif All in all a right result, just got to monitor the oil consumption now to make sure all is well. Cheers Paul
  8. took out alternator (generator) and intake distributor in the end which just gives enough access. Just got to put it all back together now and hope for the best Cheers Paul
  9. Got the parts from OPC Reading (UK) the other day. Unfortunately the job of removal of the old one has been somewhat a nightmare due to the 2 bolts holding the part onto the block have changed position from 2002 onwards. They are now seated vertically at the seam as opposed to horizontally at the bottom which makes removal of them next to impossible without removal of the engine. I have got one out but I cannot get a spanner to the other one (well I can, but there is no room to lever it). There are no bellows on this part as one of the pipes seals with an o ring straight into the block where the bellows used to be, hence the reason for the changing of position of the bolts from my reckoning. Need some inspiration on this - has anyone ever done this on a 2002 996? Is there an access panel above the engine from inside the car does anyone know? I'm getting worried I may have to give this one up as a DIY and resort to taking it to Northway (local independant) on a trailer but that would be cheating, I'm sure there must be a way of changing such a simple part without removing the lump. Hope someone can help Regards Paul
  10. Done a few searches and need to try replacing the oil separator. Unfortunately I cannot find a DIY for the 996 or part numbers required. Car is 2002 C2 996 and smokes regularly and quite a lot on startup and I believe it puffs the odd time out on runs according to a friend. I have also had the car spew out serious smoke before after cornerning fast on hairpin bends and at the nurburgring, although this has only happened a couple of times. Also there is oil staining on the oil filler neck at the bottom, would this need replacing also? So, question is, what parts I need and how to fit basically? Thanks in advance Paul
  11. I did an emergency repair on my 996 coolant tank whils in the pyrenees in Spain this summer. I used epoxy with stainless steel fine mesh sandwiched in-between. It worked fine for 1000miles, but failed on the nurburgring. Basically, the engine bay temperature ended up higher than the melting point of epoxy (only about 70C) and the epoxy broke down and melted. As a temporary fix to get me home it worked, but it isnt a long term solution. I paid £56 UK for a new tank from the OPC so given the hassle getting the thing in and out of the engine bay, just getting a new tank is a no brainer really. Cheers Paul
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