tekky

you should be okay without it if the battery does not require it.

where did you get those LED tail lights? I want them!

congrats! :welcome: Tekky

had the same issue, replaced the clutch (fairly inexpensive) $1200 including labor and parts and had the flywheel resurfaced included in the price above - drives like day one now. I should have take a picture of the clutch for you guys you would have a better understanding on what exactly happens, the surface of the plates do not lay on top of each other completely, the inner part of the clutch/flywheel had more contact than the outerpart - i was told this is normal towards the end of the clutch's life I probably had another 30-40% left on the clutch though anyway, you COULD probably get away with re-surfacing the flywheel, but its a wise investment to get the clutch replaced at the same time since it will cost you minimally on labor as everything's out already.

Why?

Same cable/connector.

UPDATE: Carbon Copy of my last invoice was handed to me. they charged me for 3 hours of labour to look at the car inside and out, cylinders, sensors, fuel lines, pumps... all were fine. The misfires were present. DME was re-flashed to an updated version and misfires were gone at idle and throughout rev's. De Ja Vu I said, give it 2 weeks. here's a photo of their prognosis: They also said there has been a few over-rev's since the last time the car was with them, and that could have caused the misfires, but the misfires were present ever since the new engine! even when I was breaking it in for the first 2k miles below 4k rpms so I doubt that's a valid excuse. Any other ideas? no light yet but then again it usually takes 2 weeks for it to come back on. Tekky

Hi Jon, you should have a CreditCard-like tool that came with your manual/warranty/papers if not you could use an old card, slide it on the inner side of the light and it will pop right out. very simple actually. let me know Tekky

I have the car booked for Wednesday - they have asked me to sign off on 3 hours of inspection @ $120/hr I will mention the reprogramming suggestion see what they say. if it is engine related, they bill Porsche if its not im on the hook.

okay let's see if this info sheds any more light on the situation: initially the misfire was "mostly" on cylinder 3, the OPC swapped the plugs from cylinder 2 over to 3 and retested, misfire was retained on cylinder 3, OPC swapped the coils over from cylinder 2 to cylinder 3, misfire still persisted. OPC re-flashed DME, issue went away (temporarily). 2 weeks later check engine light is back. OPC replaced plugs/coils on cylinder 3 - issue remains. and now the error codes are on 5 out of the 6 cylinders. before it was mostly cylinders 3 and some misfires on cylinder 1. tekky

can anyone decode these codes for me?

wow that wheel is nice. The functions look the same to me so I don't see why you couldnt. Do we have a price on the gen2 wheel?

The Error Codes are: P0300, P0301,P0302, P0303, P0304, P0306. :soapbox:

Guys, time to add some fuel to this thread. Renntech.org has been there for many over the past 7 years and now they need us to keep the site up and keep it free to many like us. Based on forum stats, renntech.org current has: 50,902 Total Active Members and 3,430 Contributing Members That is close to 7% of all members have contributed in the past, only if all those members donate $1 per year that is enough to just cover ONLY the hosting costs Loren occurs. So let's do this guys, I have donated in the past and donating again to keep this amazing site and service around. :renntech: Tekky

Hi Guys, I'm re-opening this thread as I seem to be riding the same ship as you are or have been on: - My engine blew up in sept 2009 on the track (MY05 IMS) and porsche provided me with a MY06 engine free of charge, cost me $6k in labour to replace etc, and got a 2 year full warranty on engine (link to complete story here) - Two weeks after I got the car back (4 weeks later), my check engine light came on. So back to OPC I went, car was looked at, they told me it is a cylinder misfire, and it is normal for new enginers and that I should keep driving the car under 4k rpm as I have had for the prior couple of week. They reset the light and gave the car back to me - few weeks later, light comes back on, I can paste the last point 6 more times for you guys with reasons varying from: - oil cap was on wrong (nobody had touched the oil cap but the OPC), more misfires, may be your flywheel slipping or being misaligned, could be your crank shaft being misaligned, could be your coils/plugs, your ECU/computer needs to be reprogrammed - so far I have swapped all coils/plugs, reprogrammed the computer, and also I have a brand new clutch as well as flywheel put in the car which was not cheap and the misfires persist The car drives beautifully and no mechanical or performance issues are present what-so-ever. I read in the last post regarding "faulty valve lifter solenoid" ? should I bring this up with the OPC? is it normal to take the OPC over a year and with so much additional costs to me? Where is my warranty? this issue did not exist prior to engine swap. The issue happens for me in one bank only and the fuel compensation to that bank is slightly different than the other. I could provide more PIWIS info if required. The past couple of days I've also got the following on dash: Any help is appreciated Tekky

haha was this a joke? :clapping: I believe he meant the cornering headlights which point in the direction you are turning - not how to improve handling of the car. Tekky

yap, its in the books.

I have done that 7 times in the past year! they know the problem is persistent! I will get you the codes this week. here's something new, could this be related? Tekky

Hi Guys, I'm re-opening this thread as I seem to be riding the same ship as you are or have been on: - My engine blew up in sept 2009 on the track (MY05 IMS) and porsche provided me with a MY06 engine free of charge, cost me $6k in labour to replace etc, and got a 2 year full warranty on engine (link to complete story here) - Two weeks after I got the car back (4 weeks later), my check engine light came on. So back to OPC I went, car was looked at, they told me it is a cylinder misfire, and it is normal for new enginers and that I should keep driving the car under 4k rpm as I have had for the prior couple of week. They reset the light and gave the car back to me - few weeks later, light comes back on, I can paste the last point 6 more times for you guys with reasons varying from: - oil cap was on wrong (nobody had touched the oil cap but the OPC), more misfires, may be your flywheel slipping or being misaligned, could be your crank shaft being misaligned, could be your coils/plugs, your ECU/computer needs to be reprogrammed - so far I have swapped all coils/plugs, reprogrammed the computer, and also I have a brand new clutch as well as flywheel put in the car which was not cheap and the misfires persist The car drives beautifully and no mechanical or performance issues are present what-so-ever. I read in the last post regarding "faulty valve lifter solenoid" ? should I bring this up with the OPC? is it normal to take the OPC over a year and with so much additional costs to me? Where is my warranty? this issue did not exist prior to engine swap. The issue happens for me in one bank only and the fuel compensation to that bank is slightly different than the other. I could provide more PIWIS info if required. Any help is appreciated Tekky

Hi Guys, Having read all comments as well as driven both cars, here's my 2 cents: - The GT3 is a pure joy to drive and as close to a race car as you can get on the road as many suggested, however... it is a 996... when you drive both you will understand what I mean, the updates to the chasis, handling, cockpit are susbstantial moving from a 996 to a 997 eventhough the GT3 is in a complete different class than a carrera to branch off that, - The carrera will be the perfect car if you are going to utilize it as a daily driver, I have had my 2005 997 S cab for a few over a year now and has been my primary driver in canada during the summer months and in florida during the winter (although the car does not see snow, I have seen many with winter rubber around during the winter months in canada and porsche has actually started advertising this even on carrera's, they want you to drive it in snow!) Besides that, Though you are giving up the joy's of driving a GT3, i reckon the harder ride, stiffer suspension and transmission would take a toll on you if you are driving it a lot! I absolutely love my C2S and most likely will own one for a long time to come along side my other rides. Hope that helps Sam

Thanks Loren, So I will need the bumper off to remove them? I have a few scratches on one, was wondering if I could just take it off to drop off to a body shop but I guess it will be easier to get repaired on the car than off it. + great job on the update of the site Loren, have been absent for a while but love the work. Sam On US/Canada 997-1 cars the bumperettes are held on by tabs and pins that you can only get to from the back side of the bumper.

Hi Guys, Does anyone know how the rear bumprettes are removed off the bumper cover (the pieces on either side of the license plate). I believe they snap in since the right one has a tow hook behind it? any help is appreciated Sam

get those caps outa there! color crests and it will be a merry Christmas!

You're driving a chick's car for suree! j/k S

I'm not seeing a 997 in the above attached photos... look at those classics in the background! :thumbup: Sam