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  1. Boxtercrazy
    I don't know how much about PSM, I have TC in my 98 but I love watching this video, check it out http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p...;vid=1301270727
  2. Boxtercrazy
    Thanks Tool, I believe from your answer their the same wheel ,Thanks mate
  3. Boxtercrazy
    I have the collapsed horn/airbag bushing thing going on does anyone know if this is the same wheel,
  4. Boxtercrazy
    Thank you very Much
  5. Boxtercrazy
    Loren do you know which fuse I should look at as I have no manual
  6. Boxtercrazy
    Thank you very much Loren, I also have a smell of gas in the cabin could this be in anyway connected, or help pinpoint which one
  7. Boxtercrazy
    98 Boxter, cel, code reads sec air injection system, Does any one know what this means and how to fix it, I would like to do it myself if I can, Thanks Ross
  8. Boxtercrazy
    My 98 drains in about 5 days, from brand new battery install, The Horn is one place it has been draining, removed the fuse but there is still a drain, I think it has something to do with the alarm as the alarm horn has been disconected when I bought it ,Please keep us up to date as to what happens as the drain fried my alternator already. I had a 5 and a 3 BMW that had the boot light that stayed on after it was shut (Sometimes) and that drained the batt also.
  9. Boxtercrazy
    If You want to hear weird noise, take the carpet out behind the seats and remove the back plate and then go for a test Drive , You don't hear the Tappet/Fuel injection rattle until about 3000, and My god the heat, You think your engine is about to blow, What a great car, If my engine blows tomorrow I'll still be happy with the times before it happened !
  10. Boxtercrazy
    Got my alternator back today, To my dismay the new battery was dead, in 7 days, Put the alternator back in and all was cured after a Jump, Yipee, no more warning lights abs and TC etc, but I still think I have a power drain independant of the horn thing. She ran like a dream though, I love my boxter again, Ahhhhhhh Boxter. What an amazing car, by the way when putting an altenator back in you can save a million hours by realizing that there are three bolt points on the altenator, one on the left and two on the right, The furthest one on the right if tapped lightly with a hammer will open the gap so that the alternator will slide right in place if not you have a fight on your hands,discovered that today.
  11. Boxtercrazy
    Spoke to the alternator repair guy today , Described symptoms he told me to pull the alternator back out and get it back down to him, he said he has seen this before, it's called a floating Brush or something like that which causes the alternator not to keep up with the load requirements as the car increases power. Will keep you all informed status so far (Still bad alternator)
  12. Boxtercrazy
    Thanks, ordered one on ebay tonight thanks 1schoir
  13. Boxtercrazy
    It is a wierd one for sure, just pulled the t/control fuse making sure thats ok, tc warning light no longer up, tc switch works fine again, No battery warning light on, drives great until I accelerate hard, then Batt Light dimly lights again, Does a rebuild need a beak in period on the brushes or does the car act funny when it has had no power source for a while, Or am I still looking at bad rebuild or switch Tricky Eh ? I plugged my actron in says all is fine but who knows. Ill run it again tomorrow and see what lights are gonna show next and I think I'll do the Ig switch just to say I've done it. I'll also get that alt checked.
  14. Boxtercrazy
    Thanks Loren and the rest of you guys, Here's the latest saga, I pulled the alternator and sent it away to be checked, theysaid that the volt reg was shot, and the brushes were shot, they told me it was probably due to the original bad battery, put the alternator back in, replaced serpentine at the same time and all was great, Started right up and all the warning lights had reset themselves. I made sure the horn fuse was out so that if that was the original problem it would not re occur . As I went on the test drive all was good and then the dash just lt up like a christmas tree, the abs, tc and battery lights were flashing intermittantly, no rythm , sometimes independantly sometimes not at all, until I went back to idle, and they would then come on speradicly. I stopped the engine and fired it up again, the only light that was now on was the traction control warning lamp but not at the switch on the dash, when I accelerate hard the battery light starts to come on faintly at first and brighter the higher the revs and then dissapears at low revs, My question is, was the alternator repaired incorrectly, (They never asked me if I had tiptronic or Manual) or could it possibly be the ignition switch (Key works fine no Jamming) or both! I'm getting frustrated now.
  15. Boxtercrazy
    I Read on One forum That a porsche should always be jumped from the donor vehicle without the engine running , Just FYI
  16. Boxtercrazy
    I've recently purchased a 98 Boxter, I have a bunch of stuff going on and I need help in determining wether they are all interconnected, It started with me realizing the horn didn't work, Found a blown fuse and replaced it no horn, Eventually the car died a few days later, new it was a poss Alternator Problem, Charged the Batt hooked it up car drained Batt in a few minutes, Battery warning light on, ABS warning light on and Traction warning and switch light on. Put a new battery in and restored power temporarily, removed alternator and sent it away today to have reg replaced, The airbag on the steering wheel shows classic signs of collapse due to the four bushings, The alarm horn next to the battery has been disconnected, Can the power drain that I'm guessing put too much strain on the volt Reg Because by the Horn Contacts touching at the steering wheel, I haven't looked yet But I'm geussing the horns have been disconnected under the front Bumper. and what In the alarm system could be the cause of a power drain, as I was installing the new battery, the alarm went off silently and I noticed that the turn signals were flashing only on the drivers side of the car is That Normal, Thanks, Oh one last thing, What is the Bullet shaped sensor mounted in the grill on the pass side in front of the horns for ?
  17. Boxtercrazy
    Same thing happened on my 98 this week, Done a lot of research and a lot of help from Mike Focke (Thanks Mike), once I had managed to open the front hood (Screwdriver Method) I re charged the battery, Replaced and the battery warning light,ABS and Traction Control lights were all showing, The car started but died and the battery had nothing left so I replaced it with a new battery, All warning lights still on and the Idle was erratic which tells me there is no power coming from the alternator. Never done anything like this myself but on Mike Fockes site it tells you how to get the alternator out, Took me about 2 Hours but it's well worth it because you actually get to see what your engine looks like :D . I have sent the alternator off today because the wiring iside looks good and the bearings on the shaft turn good and smooth, My geuss is that the voltage reg has fried which will save me $$$$'s, I am also going to take the opportunity to replace the serpentine belt at the same time as it has some cracks in it. Hopefully I'll be back on the road, The actron tester I don't think will be able to clear the warning lights on the dash so Porsche will get me for that at the dealership with the P II tester to clear the codes, well you can't have everything. Mike Focke told me if this doesn't fix the issue to go to the ignition switch next.
  18. Boxtercrazy
    On my 98, I used the screwdriver method by feeding it diagonally between the hood releases, the hood popped open within 3 seconds I thought it was going to difficult but it was sooooo easy
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