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In the 997 the rear lights are controlled through a rear light control box. Has your dealer tried changing that out?

I know that they have had problems with the front control box but this is the first I've heard with the rear control.

Loren,

Thank you for the diagram. I am pretty suremy dealer hasn't even try to change the rear light

control box. At the moment, they sent me back home, me and the car, while "they'll wonder about

this problem". I am sorry to conclude that they are not of great help.

However, your response brings a good chance to finally discover the culprit of this story.

I'll tell them about replacing the rear box. Is the PIWIS capable of telling right away the status

of the rear control box?

I keep the forum posted about this anomaly and its following result.

Thank you.

Model year please?

Did you replace your 3rd brake light with an aftermarket clear LED panel?

Dear Loren,

My car is a 2005 (sept. production), 997 C2. I posted my topic in the 996 forum,

supposing that this problem would have more probabilities to be observed here,

also supposing that the circuitry would also follow the same pattern.

I didn't replace my 3rd brake light with an aftermarket clear LED panel yet.

I'm willing to do it if it's the solution to my problem.

Thank you to let me know what you think. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Hello dear members and contributors,

I would be pleased to know if you could tell me if the circuity of the third stop braking light is shared

with the circuitry of the fourth brake light please?

I define 'fourth brake light' by the brake light in function when the rear spoiler is raised.

I am asking this question because I have the following problem:

Each time I drive my car, the 'Check raised light' signal appears. As soon as I drive with

spoiler raised, the fourth brake light takes on and I don't have any error messages.

My third brake light is okay (every leds work properlly).

Therefore I wonder if there is some sort of switch or relay I should check in the main circuitry

(I define main circuitry by circuitry related to the third brake light).

My dealer becomes nuts with my car and doesn't even know what to do in order to solve my

problem. He said that connecting the piwis didn't give any problem regarding beams and wires...

I would be happy if someone could bring his contribution so I could solve my problem by

myself.

Thank you.

The engine does not need to be removed... but the rear engine mount needs to be removed to get access to the water pump. This requires a hoist and engine support. Also, the cooling system will need to be vacuum filled to prevent air (and not all shops have the vacuum fill tools). Certainly less than 4 hours work with the right tools (IMHO).

Thank you for this precise indication Loren. It is always good to know some of the mechanical

methods applied to get access to the critical parts of the engine.

Thanks again.

:)

Dear contributers and members,

My 997 has been diagnosticated a water pump failure due to

coolant leakage. I have failed to ask the mechanic a question

which may sound stupid after all... :lightbulb:

Does the engine need to be extracted from the body to

replace the water pump?

If this is not the case, is it a complex operation please?

Thank you.

Engage first gear only from dead stop. This is the rule I learned from the driving school years ago...

Thank you for the photos Tool Pants. It's interesting to see the degradation of those colours.

I hope the coolant fluid keeps its function, I mean the whole chemistry of the fluid remains

intact; if I am correct, the coolant lifetime is supposed to be equal to the car's. Still, I wonder...

I am aware of the stupidity of this topic. Anyway, could someone would

be kind enough to tell me if the color varaition is normal?

Thank you.

Zach.

dear members,

my car is one and half year old. if i'm right, i remember being able to

see the coolant through its plastic shell as blue/green.

my car doesn't go out a lot; i was unable to drive for quite long and she stayed

in the garage; as i'm back and drive it again, i noticed that the coolant's colour

tend to look green/yellow through the plastic container.

i'm not strong enough to open the container for now :( and can't tell you

exactly what the colour is.

Anyway, I would be curious to know if the colour mutation is normal, from

this blue to a yellow/green. Knowing that in theory, the liquid doesn't have

to be changed, I find this disturbing. :help:

thank you to let me know what you've experienced

zach

thank you !!!

Heloo dear members,

I know that every 997 S with the Bose system has the M.O.S.T. integration.

I have a non-S 997 without Bose system. I would be happy to know if

anyone knows about existence of M.O.S.T. integration in that type

of vehicle.

Thank you.

Hi Loren,

I checked again this last Sunday, and observed that the 3rd lights stop work well,

for the rear wing raised and unraised, they work...

thank you lous, I guess I'll have to go back to the dealer and double check the diagnostics

dear members,

I understand that my post may not get any responses, maybe because the message error I constantly receive has never occurred to your cars.

However, may I ask you if it may be possible that the message error were born from the fact that the automatic door-lock programming had been set using the PIWIS of my dealer? :lightbulb:

Thank you.

Dear members,

I wonder if any of you already have observed the '3rd stop check' message on their 997 computer console? I've got it twice after leaving the dealer for the auto door-locking set up through the 'piwis'. this message had never appeared before. I went back to the dealer and make the 3rd stop checked but everything is correct. They plug the piwis and got the message '3rd stop too high leveled' or something like that. They ended up by erasing the error message and concluded that everything is normal.

Hi Orient,

Again, thanks for your precise information and accuracy. I've managed to do as you

had told me to and everything is okay. They also call this protective film a 'stone guard',

for other members who would look for a simple keyword reference.

Dear fellow members,

Forgive me for the long title and the surely innacurate description of the part I wish

to talk you about.

Rear sides plastic transparent adhesives : precisely, the transparent adhesives

which you can find between the door and the rear wheel (I think my description

is more awful...). They are designed to protect the lower body area located

as above, from small rocks and other road elements.

They are transparent on 996s and 997s types.

I discovered that one of mines had been largely scratched and I still don't know how.

The point is that, as my vehicle is arctic silver, the 'wound' on the plastic has made

the surface rough and eneven and the transparency now lets its place for a dark grey tone

on the rub surface.

My questions are simple:

1. Have you already had those kind of scratches on the rear side plastic transparent

adhesives?

2. Is it easy to replace the adhesives ? I presume a Porsche dealer can do it.

But I mean, can I already take it off by myself without deteriorating the arctic paint?

I would be very glad if you could respond to one of my questions at least. I know

it's not a big deal, but I felt a bit sorry to discover that this afternoon and don't

know what to do about it.

Thank you for your help.

zacharie.

Dear fellow members,

I have a question that might look stupid but I need some advice.

My car has 3100 miles already. On the exit ramp to the highway today,

I push the car a bit hard and ended up to 6000 rpm in third.

Well it's the first time I do that but I wonder if acting like that is bad

for my engine. Do you think I could reduce its lifetime with that kind

of driving? (i mean 3rd and 6000 rpm looks like incompatible to me).

Well I did it for 3-5 seconds and the oil temp was is the middle, as well

as engine temp.

Thank for letting me know :(

Great Info LVDell, Thank you for having taken the time to scan and report the document in the forum.

I've never been aware of that before. It's always great to get new things discovered and learnt from Porsche enthusiasts.

My sincere gratitude!

Thank you Orient Express, I'll put some WD-40 on the hinges as you mentioned.

LVDell, is it true that my car has a memory that adapts to my driving habits? I've never

known a car capable of such functions before. Thank you for your advice. I'll remember it.

Dear Users,

I've never noticed it before but today, as I was playing with the console buttons of my car on park.

When I make the rear wing goes upward, everything goes fine.

However, when I make the rear wing folds down, just before it completely sets itself down, I have a strange 'gronnnk' noise.

I've repeated the operation several times, and I still have the 'gronnnk' noise at the end of the folding action.

Well, is that normal to have that 'gronnnk' noise? [no...there are no mices or strange animals complaining of the rear wing motion in the engine compartment.]

Would that be because I wash my car too often (every two weeks or so) ?

Does you car make this same noise?

If no, what remedy should I opt for?

Thank you Orient Express, I'll take an eye on this again.

Does someone have ever measured the temperature in the exhaust manifold areas after operation please?

Thank you for your response. Yes indeed, it's a part related to the exhaust manifold [see picture, bottom of part number 5] . In fact, it is the systems support for the exhaust manifold. The paint I put on as a protection is called Thermo 600 from Julien [a french product]; the formula is studied for temperatures approaching 600 degrees celcius.

Do you think I should remove the paint and let it get rusty as day one?

Have you already observed that rusty film over the system support?

Orient Express, if you read my post, may i also ask your advice please?

Thanks.

zacharie

Dear fellow members,

I would be extremely grateful to you if you could give me your opinion on the following matter: I discovered underneath my car the very corroded following part [see e.g. picture]. I've treated the part with an anti-rust product and covered it with a high resistant temperature transparent paint. My car is a four months old 997. Before the treatment, the part was all covered with red rust. The picture below is after treatment.

Well, is that normal?

I would be interested to know if you've experienced the same "flaw" on your 996s or 997s, and if you've applied a treatment in the case of corrosion of this particular part.

However, be very attentive to the fact that this part is very hot after engine operation.

I don't understand why you would need two of them. I have one in the maintenance manual and it is enough. no?