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  1. ar38070
    You can also get smoke when driving hard if the oil level is too high. Since the oil had just been changed it may have been that they put too much oil in when they refilled it. RE: the coolant leak If the blue cap is not on TIGHT (and I mean as tight as you can possibly make it) you will get coolant leaking passed it after the car is stopped. The light is blinking because the coolant level is too low. Refill the reservoir with distilled water and you should be fine.
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    Subscribe to the AAA Plus service. You get up to 100 miles of free towing.
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    Porsche used to have a policy where they would do this alignment for free assuming the car had a noticeable problem i.e. tire wear, car pulling. If they are willing to do it as a warranty repair i.e. no charge then by all means do it. If the car is behaving normally then do not bother.
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    Or just disconnect the battery for a minute. Of course you will then need to reset the window one touch and the radio code.
  5. ar38070
    That is pretty much the going rate. It takes 3-4 hours and you also need an alignment afterwards, that is another hour. If you have the right tools you can DIY.
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    18's are okay. Offset will depend on what width you get. 8's and 10's need about 50 and 40 offsets.
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    The oil change quantity on a TT is no worse then the NA cars, 9 quarts, as you cannot get all of the oil out of the system through the two drain plugs. You do not need to change the small o-ring. That o-ring is pricey, $6, I am looking for another source for the next time I change my oil. Watch out when you drain the oil out of the tank. On my car when I first removed the plug it drained slowly for the first couple of seconds and then came pouring out. Made a bit of a mess from the splashing.
  8. ar38070
    Somewhere in the archives there is a picture taken at one of the SF Bay area DIY days that shows two guys twisting the shell back in to shape. When your top mechanism was broken, the clam shell was twisted out of shape. You need to twist it in the opposite direction. I would take it off the car and then with another person, one on each end, twist in whichever direction looks right. From the pictures it looks like the driver's side needs to be twisted in the clockwise direction looking at it from the driver's side of the car. Obviously go slowly. Apply a little twist, put it back on the car, repeat a necessary.
  9. ar38070
    You take if off of the car and carefully bend it back.
  10. ar38070
    If what you mean by manual mode is that the window only moves when you are pressing the button then as long as you do not just tap the button the windows will operate in manual mode i.e. press and hold the button until the window moves as much as you want then release the button. At least that is true in my 2002. It may not be true in a 2004.
  11. ar38070
    On my car (98 boxster) with the key out of the ignition, unlocked, hood closed, no interior lights I read 100-110 ma. If I arm the alarm I read 125-150 ma. On my car when you disconnect the battery, hook up the ammeter i.e. reconnect the battery, the car does not seem to wake up i.e. for example the trunk light does not come on right away. The ammeter reading is very low, 10-20 ma. You have to open the door or something before trunk light will come on.
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    I do not know if you did this but here are the bleed instructions: 1. Remove the engine oil and coolant caps 2. Remove the plastic cover that is under the caps 3. Lift the bow on the bleeder valve 4. Fit the protective cover (this is a plastic sheet that has a hole in it that fits around the coolant fill area and covers the trunk in case the coolant splashes out when the engine is turned on. You probably do not need this but the time I did it I used a large piece of cardboard with a hole cut in it) 5. Top off the coolant to the MAX mark 6. Strart engine and warm up to operating temp at APPROX 2500 rpm. Briefly rev engine to APPROX 4200 rpm once each minute until operating temp is reached. This will take approximately 10 minutes. 7. Switch off engine and let cool 8. Top off coolant to MAX mark 9. Lower bow on bleeder valve, replace plastic cover, engine oil and coolant caps.
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    I do not know what kind of light you were using but there are probably several circuits active when the car is "off". So unless you pulled all of the fuses all at the same time the light would never go off. I would use an ammeter (amp meter) to see exactly how much current is being drawn. I do not believe it matters if you use the negative lead or the positive lead. Electric current is electric current.
  15. ar38070
    With the car off, the key out of the ignition, trunks closed, no lights on, the drain on the battery from the alarm system, etc. is about 50ma. Hook an ammeter in series with the positive lead to see if that is true. If it is more than that then you can try pulling fuses. However if you have a short some place before the fuse box that wont find it.
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    While you can use any size tires you want, 986 sizes are about 5% smaller than 987s. This, at least according to Porsche, is outside the acceptable range for PSM and ABS. Graeme, your tires fall within guidelines. The 255/40 is the stock diameter, the 275/40 is 3% larger. So you can use 986s on 987s though 1) it will look a little strange as the tire fender gaps will be even larger than stock (shades of ghetto riders or SUVs) and 2) you may observe unusual behavior in the PSM and ABS.
  18. ar38070
    I have included the Bosch designation code(s), but the Platinum +4 and +2 don't follow these guides, as you mention. I have sent an email to their Technical Dept. and will report back on their reply. See attached. ------------------------- From the Bosch website: A. To ensure optimal performance in your car, Bosch has tested each vehicle model and the various engines available for that model listed in the Spark Plug catalog or our web-page. Using a special spark plug with a thermocouple built in, Bosch engineers find the hottest cylinder in an engine and then test various spark plugs in that cylinder until the ideal plug is found. This ensures that you will always get the best performance possible. Taken at its face value it would seem that the 4403 and 4417 plugs have been tested and found to be the correct plugs i.e. the correct heat range. --------------------------- Happy Motoring!...Jim'99 <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
  19. ar38070
    I do not know where you get your plugs but they are $6-$10 each from the dealer. Not that I am advocating an extended service interval but every 5K miles seems wasteful. If the failed plug is "unnoticed" i.e. you cannot detect any change in performance then why would a new plug make any difference? My original intent for this thread was to "refute" the less than favorable press about the 4417s. I appear to have gotten 30K miles out of them without anything falling off of them or any other ill effects. YMMV If the 7 does not indicate the heat range what is the heat range for the 4417 and 4403? I cannot find that info on the Bosch website and the plug only has 4417 stamped on it. As Bosch recommends these plugs along with the FR7LDC4 it seems logical to me that they are also heat range 7. It would be nice if someone could reference a source of more definitive information.
  20. ar38070
    Yes that is it. The dust seals cost about $10/caliper. They come in two different sizes.
  21. ar38070
    Do a search on "cluster" or "kluster". It has been discussed numerous times.
  22. ar38070
    Follow the instructions in the manual to jump start the car or disconnect both battery cables from the battery and use an overnight trickle charger to recharge the battery. After you have recharged the battery then let the car sit for 3-5 days. If the car starts fine then the battery is okay. If it does not then replace the battery. If you need to replace the battery there are a number of prior threads on what will work.
  23. ar38070
    You need to get the right manual. 1. It is a sensor not a light. It reads ambient light and adjusts the instrument lighting accordingly. It is not supposed to light up. 2. There is no luggage compartment light. There are two blank spots in the warning lights that are not used. There should only be 14 lights. 3. Yes this is normal. Get the right manual. 4. It is either something that only lights in a real emergency or more likely, as it is not mentioned in the manual, it is something that Porche thought of using and then decided not to.
  24. ar38070
    Does not the 7 in 4417 mean heat range 7? The Bosch site lists the 4417 and the FR7LDC4 (the stock plug) as equivalent.
  25. ar38070
    Here is another pic with both plugs together. At the time that I took out the Bosch plugs I was troubleshooting a P1128/P1130 CEL, i.e. the car was running lean, which may account for the color difference. Both plugs are heat range 7.
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