beauar

let me guess your oil pressure light has been coming on or the oil pressure itself on the guage is high. These **** sender units are garbage. Luckily it is a quick easy minimal cost fix. I had to replace mine.

could it be a bad fuel pump? seems that the pump might not be pulling gas properly to feed the engine

I had a new clutch job on my 2003 C2 for about $1400. This includes all labor and parts. They used a Sachs clutch and bearing kit. My ind. shop charges $90 an hour labor and it took them about 4 hours. Give or take a couple of hundred dollars. I wouldn't spend more than $1600 us on a clutch job

Hey thanks guys. I believe my rotors are in good shape and the shop was looking to make a buck. They gave me a quote for $505 for new front pads installed with labor. They are out of their minds. The OEM pads cost somewhere around $340 +labor. WTF. The OEm is so much more expensive than the Pagid pads or other manufacturers. Do you recommend a certain brake pad? I am hoping there might be one out there that is better with reducing brake dust. I am open to any and all suggestions on brake pads Thanks, Beau

Go pick up a set of Michelin's. They are by far the best tires. I am referrring to the Pilot Sport PS2's or if you want an all season pick up the Pilot AS Plus tires. Avoid Pirelli, Conitnental's at all costs

So I was crusiing around enjoying the weather when I got a brake wear indicator light. I took a look and the front pads were worn but the rear pads are okay. I talked to some guys at a shop and wanted them to order new front pads. They told me that they usually machine the rotors but since my rotors are cross drilled internally vented that I would need to replace them since they cant resurface them....kinda odd I thought. The guy suggested I just get the new pads for the car and leave the rotors alone. The question is can these rotors be machined? or if they can't do you know how long rotors generally last and aprox cost to replace all 4. Any insight would be much appreciated. I am sure everyone has come across this at one time or another. I have a 2003 996 C2 Thanks Beau from Chicago

Okay. I have a 2003 996 carrera 2. Here is the 411 on the 911. My car has 285 size tires in the rear. The weight in the rear creates tons of traction because of engine placement behind and over wheels. These cars are stick and go.....not peel out cars. If you rev it high enough chances are you will get what is known as tire hop. It is an ugly feeling and I have actually seen guys break the inside tire wall doing it. The vibration is terrible. First gear is very high and shouldn't be messed with too hard. I shift at about 5000 rpm to second. You can easily blow the clutch by doing high rev drops in first gear. Overall the clutch is robust and precise on these cars. The clutch is made by Sachs...not porsche. Just so you know. You can burn through them easily with poor shifting. Not to worry though. The price of the job at most places for a new clutch, throwout bearing is between 1200-1500 including labor and parts. not too bad. I noticed that when my clutch was going the actual clutch pedal was crazy heavy because of bad throw out bearing. This is at least what I was told. If clutch feels really heavy and you start to have new muscles in your leg........this is a sign somethings not right. You probably didn't do any damage or at least minimal. Clutch smell is somewhat normal. They clutch burns off over time through wear and tear as you are probably aware. I wouldn't be too worried. Have fun with it and worst case down the road is a new clutch. Not that expensive for the fun you get form this incredible sports car. Hope this helps, Beau from Chicago

I have a 2003 996 carrera 2. The shift between first and second as you are aware is a long one. I sometimes can feel a little rough patch between the changes. i think this has something to do with the syncro mesh. it is noticeable in cold weather when interior and car in general isn't warmed up. I usually check into a a couple of gears before driving. Put the clutch down and check into all gears to give them lubrication. I found this helps. If you try to drive the car while it is cold without doing this you can cause some damage. Does anyone else out there have the same issue we have?