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  1. Just for clarity, that would work while using the CTEK via the cigarette lighter adapter doesn't, due to the fact that a 12V charger will provide more amperage?
  2. Thanks for the reply. Do you think it is worth borrowing a traditional 12V charger and using the power point in the fuse box to try to pop the hood, or will I have the same issue if I provide 12V there? In that case, I guess my only option is to dig out the mechanical release in order to pull the battery? (That is a not-very-easy thing to do because I'm parked in a garage quite close to a car on one side and a wall on the other.)
  3. I've searched the forums and the web and can't seem to find anyone that's experienced a similar issue, so I thought I'd ask y'all about this. I left my 2001 996 for a bit too long without driving it or hooking up a battery tender. (A month, maybe longer.) The battery is discharged as a doornail. I purchased a Ctek 3300 battery maintainer / charger and cigarette lighter adapter. When I plug it in and hit the mode button to switch to car battery mode, the charging light comes on in orange, but a very strange thing happens: The car makes odd noises, all over, cyclically, with a period of about 1/4sec. It sounds like solenoids trying to move and failing. the sounds are especially prominent in the engine compartment and door panes near the window actuators, and under the hood. Needless to say, I unplugged it and won't plug it in until I figure this out! Has anyone experienced this? Is my best bet with such a flat battery to remove it from the car and charge it there? (Note: via the cigarette adaptor I am unable to get enough power to pop the hood!) Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thanks, Jon
  4. I had Marvin at The Rennshop in Santa Clara do a PPI for me recently. He's fantastic. Highly recommended. He definitely went above and beyond the call of duty. Jon
  5. Thanks very much for the quick reply - that's much appreciated. The seller had the 90k service performed at Stevens Creek Porsche in July 2008 and according to the Carfax the transmission was checked. The vehicle has 94k miles now. It's odd that the fluid would be low 4k miles after being checked, isn't it? I gather that the most likely cause after low fluid levels is a bad pressure regulator. I'm coming around to phillipj's point of view: there are a lot of p-cars out there, why mess around with one that is definitely going to need some work in the near future? Thanks again for the replies. Jon
  6. Hello there - I'm looking to buy my first Porsche ASAP. (I have been living in NYC/London and not needed a car, or I'd have had one sooner :) ) I found a particularly sharp and well-priced 2001 996 C2 on Craigslist, and the owner very kindly took it to The Rennshop in Santa Clara, CA for a PPI. The car has 94k miles and had the engine replaced under warranty 24k miles ago. It is Tiptronic. It's got the Fister exhaust mod and a Fabspeed intake mod. Everything was basically fine on the PPI except for three transmission faults: 1. Fault 82 for pressure regulator 3. This fault was of low frequency, intermittent, and not present. 2. Fault 81 for pressure regulator 2. This fault was of low frequency, intermittent, and not present. 3. Fault 70 for the Torque Converter Clutch Solenoid. This fault had a higher frequency and was listed as present. The first two apparently are common and not to be overly worried about. The last one Marvin @ The Rennshop hasn't seen many times before. When I ask him about it he mentions that a transmission replacement is about $8k and he can't be sure what the cause is without taking the engine apart. I find this worrisome. Reading about TCC solenoids in the context of other cars, it seems like driving with a failed TCC solenoid at best affects one's mileage and at worst causes near-term transmission failure. Other than this issue, the car is lovely; it looks good, sounds good, drives well. But I'm not looking to eat a transmission. Has anyone got experience with this TCC solenoid that they'd be willing to share? I'd appreciate it. Do you think I should pass on this car? Thanks, Jon
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