hph996

Hey guys. I had the same CEL , I looked at the gas cap cause I can clearly see the cracks on the rubber ring of the cap. Now I got new caps and still coming back. When I open the cap to fill the gas there is no sucking sound. I guess there is a large leak based on what I've seen. Any suggestion on where to start? Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks in advance guys.

-Han

I had the same problems as you guys when I worked on this project. I have a 2001 C4 Tiptronic Coupe and I had read somewhere in this forum that MY2000 and later have less wiggle room than its older siblings. Anyway to answer your questions (based on my experience working on my car):

1. No - there are no connections at the back of the coolant tank that you need to disconnect in order to take the tank out. There are however tubes and fuel lines that you need to detach and they are all visible from the front side. See pic arrow 1 - fuel line attached to the fuel collection pipe on which the fuel injection valves (3 on the left side) are attached.

2. No - I did not not lower my engine (I don't know how anyway). I did, however, pull the fuel injection valves (accidentally) from its receptacle on the left side of the engine which did give me some wiggle room to pull the tank out of from its cavity. In order to do this, you need to detach the 2 screws holding the fuel collection pipe and pull it up (see pic arrow 2).

It takes at lot of patience to detach the tank from its mount and to wiggle the tank out of there. I do not know much about fixing cars and this was my first project - and I was able to do it - so can you. Good luck.

Thanks mtorr. I'll try it out. From the pics it looks like your tank is already out of it's place and did u just needed to remove the injection valves to take it out or you need to remove the injection valves to get to the point in the pic. Again thanks for the info.

-Han

Folks I am trying to pull out my old tank and seems like it's much longer than the ones in the pictures above. Th new one is similar to the ones in the pic. Mine is a 01 C2 and looks like it still has the one from day one. It feels like something is still attached at the back of the tank (towards the front of the car). So i am kinda stuck . I've already removed everything like this post said and any help is appreciated.

-Han

I was driving home today and all of a sudden the CEL came on and the engine started to run sluggish... feels like the some plugs are not firing... also feels like something electrical... car engine sound like missing plugs and other then that the rest still sounds good and no leaks or any unusual things observed. I bought it a year back as porsche certified pre-own so i still have warranty.... never deal with warranty and would appreciate it if you folks can give me some tips suggestions or just anything... thanks in advance guys.. I am freaking out now.. :(

Hey guys .. i have a question.. i was looking at the receipt and it mentioned they used BG full synthetic oil.. I haven't used this brand before and I forgot to mention to use Mobil 1 like I always do. I asked the guy at the service center and mentioned it's better than mobil 1 .. since I haven't used it before I don't really know what to say.. any of you guys have used BG before? Any input is appreciated ... should I drain and fill it again with mobil 1??

Thanks,

Hph

Hi All.. does any of you guys know a good trustworthy indie porsche specialist in northern VA area? Thanks in advance...

Hph

Intersport is good....if you want to head out to Manassas, there's Convenience Car Sales, as well. I've tried both sites at some minor level and they both seem pretty good and responsive.

i went to convenience car sales this morning and happy with the service. thanks again for all the responses.

Thanks a lot guys.. really appreciate it... I'll try to call them up

Hi All.. does any of you guys know a good trustworthy indie porsche specialist in northern VA area? Thanks in advance...

Hph

Hi Guys,

My 996 is getting close to 45k and thinking about changing oil and doing the 45k service but 45k service description show nothing really special ... should i skip the 45k service and just change the oil? Any suggestion is appreciated.

Thanks,

Hph