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    2001 Porsche 996 Turbo
    2003 BMW 3.0i Z4
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    What's after a 996 Turbo?
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    1994 Toyota Supra Twin Turbo
    2001 Porsche Boxster

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  1. I've just had the same problem - substantial amounts of oil in the passenger-side inter-cooler hose. There was so much oil that it started to appear in the intake tract and foul the mass airflow sensor, as well as start to saturate the air filter. Turned out to be a turbo bearing failure. Fortunately I had installed a magnetic drain plug in the turbo oil reservoirs so the flaking metal ended up attaching itself to this magnet rather than being distributed around the engine. Although I only needed to replace the passenger side turbo, I replaced both turbos with a pair that I found on eBay (replaced after 8k with K24s) and the problem disappeared completely.
  2. Buy some touch-up paint from Porsche and just put a tiny dab of it on the chip, followed by a tiny dab of clearcoat (you get both in the touchup paint pack). Even though the results may not be quite what you get from a full repaint, it hides the color difference and the chip is WAY, WAY less noticable. If you really want to take the time and make it virtually invisible, put on numerous dabs of color paint, 10 minutes apart, and build up the paint to just below the surrounding surface. Then put dabs of clear coat on until it is just above the surrounding surface (don't worry too much if the paint spills slightly over onto the surrounding surface - this will be fixed later). Then VERY CAREFULLY, with a very small sanding block (about 1" x 1/2") and 800 grit wet paper, wet sand the slightly proud clearcoat until it is just slightly above the level of the surrounding clearcoat. Do you best to just sand the new clearcoat bead as much as possible but when you get close to the level of the surrounding clearcoat it is pretty inevitable that you will sand at least lightly on some of the surrounding clearcoat. This is not the end of the world, just limit this to an absolute minimum and rather leave the new clearcoat slightly proud - you won't notice it when you are finished (and you can always go back and take off more later, if necessary). Finally, finish off the area with some Meguiars ScratchX scratch remover and polish. Using the above technique you will end up with a virtually invisible repair - the only downside is that it takes a long time to do if you do it carefully (which is how you should do be doing it...) - about an hour each chip.
  3. You could fit a sunroof... (sorry, couldn't resist) :D
  4. The car in the pictures looks like it is a narrow body Carrera. I will be fitting them on a 996 Turbo so they probably won't stick out as far. Now that I have the make and model I've been able to do some research and they are only available in 19" in the US (in limited quantities) although 18" can be ordered from Germany. I agree that they are VERY expensive but with a bit of shopping around you can get a set for around $3700. Still not cheap, especially for cast wheels, but they do look very good...
  5. Appreciate the help, RG955TT. I've been trying to find out what they were for a while now :) I was seriously considering purchasing a set of hollow spoke GT3 wheels with the 18x12 rears that recently sold on eBay for $1800 but I think that these are going to be the ones I end up with. Porsche seemed to stay with 295/30ZR18s even on the Turbo S rather than fitting the 315/30ZR18s so there must be a reason for staying with the "narrower" tire (probably top speed).
  6. Came across a picture of these wheels and would appreciate any help identifying the manufacturer and what model wheel they are...
  7. Dito with me anyone have any new advice? I've just replaced my chrome cover and this is how you do it: 1) Switch on your headlights 2) Get someone inside the car to activate the headlight washer (the pop-up headlight washer won't work unless you have the headlights on) 3) The little spray head under the (missing) chrome cover will pop up out of the hole in the headlight and washer fluid will start to spray onto the headlight 4) Grab the spray head and hold it (it has quite powerful spring loading that wants to pull it back into the headlight) 5) There is a little square plastic tab with a square hole in it on the base of the spray head that has to be flexed back slightly to get the spray head to disengage from some plastic teeth on the nozzle (look at the replacement chrome cover and spray head and you will see this tab). Once you have lifted this tab up slightly the spray head will slide right off the nozzle. 6) To install the new cover and spray head unit, simply put the spray head opening over the nozzle and push the chrome cover onto the headlight until it is flush with the surface of the headlight. The little square pastic clip on the end of the spray head clicks down the teeth on the nozzle and the height is adjusted automatically. It is actually quite easy to do - the hardest part is holding up the nozzle against the spring loading, while levering the square plastic clip off the jagged teeth on the nozzle at the same time. There is a little square hole in the plastic clip that you should be able to fit the tip of a small electrician's screwdriver into. This makes it easy to flex back the tab slightly so that it disengages from the teeth on the nozzle and slides off it.
  8. Some feedback on this problem: The PCM unit had to be removed by a Porsche dealer and the master reset code (only available from Porsche Germany (and perhaps Porsche Atlanta...)) was used to reset the unit. This generated two new codes, which replaced all previous ones, and it now everything works again. Who knows why this happened in the first place... :huh:
  9. Apparently it does adjust the engine management to suit your driving style, and not only for one driver but for two (according to the local Porsche dealer...).
  10. Anyone have any ideas about how to solve this problem? 2 months ago I had a Porsche dealer look up the PCM and Navigation codes for my PCM unit (fitted in a 2001 996tt) based on the serial number on the back of the PCM unit. These codes were entered and the unit worked perfectly. I recently had the two diverter valves replaced and during this time the battery link in the engine bay was removed, with the result that the PCM unit is now prompting me to enter these two codes again. The problem is that the numbers that were originally entered to enable the unit 2 months ago are no longer working! The only thing that has happened since the original entry of these numbers is that I purchased a Porsche map CD-ROM that mentioned that it was upgrading the navigation software when I first used it. Could this be causing the probem? Any ideas on how to resolve this would be most appreciated (the dealer has never experienced this before...).
  11. It is actually quite a mission to change the sparkplugs on the 996tt and the quote I got for doing this from a dealer was about $1000. I am not sure whether this applies to your C4 but it may explain your dealership's reluctance...
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