996 engine warning light (1999)

[spankey]

Just bought a 1999 cab 996 and after driving it home for 270 miles the engine warning light came on. The light stays on and I had the code read as P1125. I just bought the car yesterday and need to know if I should return it or if this code should be just reset? Being new to owning a Porsche any info on this would be appreciated.

Also the car only has 36000 miles.

Edited July 1, 2007 by spankey

[Loren]

P1125 Oxygen Sensing Adaptation Area 1 (Cylinders 4 - 6) - Lean Threshold

This means that mixture on cylinders 3-6 is too rich and the DME can not correct for it.

Potential causes are:

- Fuel pressure too high.

- Fuel injector leaking.

- EVAP canister purge valve open.

Since you just bought the car I would go back and make them fix it.

[spankey]

P1125 Oxygen Sensing Adaptation Area 1 (Cylinders 4 - 6) - Lean Threshold

This means that mixture on cylinders 3-6 is too rich and the DME can not correct for it.

Potential causes are:

- Fuel pressure too high.

- Fuel injector leaking.

- EVAP canister purge valve open.

Since you just bought the car I would go back and make them fix it.

Thanks for the info Loren.

Would it cause any problems to drive the car today?

Is this expensive to repair?

A little background as we live in Florida we were coming back from picking up the car and I pulled into Automax to pick up some wax. The temp. was 93 degrees so my wife stayed in the car and I left it running. When we took off from the parking lot there was some traffic coming and I got on it coming onto the road. I never even hit 6000 RPM's but that is when the light came on.

Thanks again for your help.

Edited July 1, 2007 by spankey

[Loren]

As long as the CEL is not flashing it is okay to drive the car (as long as it runs ok).

They have to find the problem before any parts/labor estimates.

If you had a P1123 (cylinders 1-3) also then I would say a dirty MAF - but since it is only on one side they need to look at the DME readings to tell if the MAF is working right.

[spankey]

As long as the CEL is not flashing it is okay to drive the car (as long as it runs ok).

They have to find the problem before any parts/labor estimates.

If you had a P1123 (cylinders 1-3) also then I would say a dirty MAF - but since it is only on one side they need to look at the DME readings to tell if the MAF is working right.

Thanks for the help.

[pwarner]

My '99 996 threw both right and left side O2 ODBII errors, and it turned out to be a bad MAF. If I remember the various threads I chased when it happened, it can be:

• The dirty MAF you already know about
  
• An after-market air filter
  
• This little rubber connector called something like "oil bellows" (but that threw lots of ODBII codes)
  
• An outside chance of a vacuum leak
  

Good luck dealing with the folks you bought from...

[spankey]

Everyone thanks for your help.

Took the car to the local Porsche dealer and it was the MAF. $800.00 later and I am on the road. The good news is the guy I bought it from agreed to pay 1/2 the repair bill. I am ok with that as I bought the car as is.

Thanks again for the responses.

[Cesarfl]

Everyone thanks for your help.

Took the car to the local Porsche dealer and it was the MAF. $800.00 later and I am on the road. The good news is the guy I bought it from agreed to pay 1/2 the repair bill. I am ok with that as I bought the car as is.

Thanks again for the responses.

$800.00 for a MAF, that's a whole lot of money for a part that only takes 5 minutes to replace.