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When was your fuel filter last replaced? I'd start there.
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It's been said by many wise people on this and every board to drive it like you stole it! These cars love to be driven hard (abusing a car is different). There are stories of extreme low mileage and babied examples eating their IMS bearings due to lack of use and regularly track driven examples not missing a beat. The car will always need maintenance items if you drive it alot, but I enjoy maintaining mine and driving it like it was meant to be driven. 72K on mine.
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iPod Mode
SimonP5150 replied to Danw8976's topic in 996 Series (Carrera, Carrera 4, Carrera 4S, Targa)
There's probably no power to the CDC in the trunk. Make sure it's plugged in.. -
All - I wanted to share my experience with the K&N Intake for our cars, it has been both enjoyable and frustrating with the result being it got traded for a shift kit yesterday. The thing makes a 996 really sound like the super car that it is but after 3 soiled MAF's I'm over it. I thought that it might be over oiling, so I stuck a dry cone on it and still killed another MAF in short order. My observations: 1. The cheap MAF's hold up to hot air just as long as the Bosch units. 2. A bad MAF can throw all kinds of weird codes. Go clean yours. 3. It sounds great, mashing the gas in a tunnel always brings a smile to my face. 4. Car wants to die with the rain sock on the filter when driving through a touchless car wash. 5. Car runs like crap on hot days. 6. My opinion is that the car sucking hot air frys the MAF. I used a white cloth to wipe the inside of the intake tube around the MAF and there was no oil residue or dirt which is why I think it's the hot air that damages the MAF. 7. Removed hot air intake, replaced factory airbox, used lightly oiled K&N drop in, sealed off the small silencer hole with the Schnell pipe. Car runs great, sounds half as good but no more trouble codes! Cheers
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1999 996 C4 Cab. won't start
SimonP5150 replied to mcnatprice's topic in 996 Series (Carrera, Carrera 4, Carrera 4S, Targa)
For what it's worth i've been using a cheap MAF for over a year now. Swapped it out when my K&N "Cold Air" intake fouled the last one. No issues. -
So the other day I got a 1531 code with no CEL which got me thinking that I didn't really feel the Variocam kick in the butt anymore. The Durametric is telling me that the cam values arent changing when the engine revs however I am able to activate both banks with the Durametric manually. Not sure what the next step is. Any ideas?
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window lowering function
SimonP5150 replied to belleriver's topic in 996 Series (Carrera, Carrera 4, Carrera 4S, Targa)
This may sound odd but check all of the four fuses related to the power windows. After replacing my regulator, the windows would lower on their own whenever I closed the door, then they stopped working. I was surprised to find four different fuses related to the windows with one blown. Worth a check.. -
So how do you know when to replace them? How did your replacement work out?