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You may be right - 1 year ago
but it's worth noting that improper installation of the electrical portion may also result in this symptom.by Boxsterra - Main Forum
Out of curiosity - 1 year ago
how did you arrive at the conclusion you needed the whole housing?by Boxsterra - Main Forum
3 year warranty is pretty good - 1 year ago
obviously there are parts that can break after 3 years but 3 years will cover a lot of issues since it's not really a wear item.by Boxsterra - Main Forum
Indeed - 1 year ago
all of these jobs get much easier with experience. You learn which steps are needed or helpful. And you learn from your mistakes. If you're working on your own car (depending on where you are), you replace corroded bolts and stuck parts. One morning I installed the transmission and exhaust then realized that I had forgotten some stuff. So I took it off, fixed the stuff, and put it back on. Nby Boxsterra - Main Forum
But why? - 1 year ago
Taking the transmission out is not that much work and getting the engine out with the tranny out is much easier. He underplayed the difficulty of getting the clutch and flywheel out with the transmission still installed.by Boxsterra - Main Forum
My solution to the plastic shields - 1 year ago
I have had so many things hit the bottom of my car, I can loosen one of the shield retaining nuts and it just falls apart. Easy!by Boxsterra - Main Forum
The car has logic - 1 year ago
to turn on and off the sensor so that the light doesn't flash. So sometimes the light stays on after sensors are replaced. But if it doesn't go off eventually then likely one of the sensors is bad or not properly connected. The circuit just measures continuity, which you can do yourself with a continuity tester on each wheel to narrow down the problem. You don't even have to removeby Boxsterra - Main Forum
Sensor is basically just a fancy wire - 1 year ago
When the pad wears down to the sensor wire, the wire wears down. Before the wire is worn all the way through the brake wear light may come on and go off intermittently. To fix it you can either solder the wire back together or replace the sensor. The sensors aren't very expensive and are easy to replace.by Boxsterra - Main Forum
Clutch - 1 year ago
At 160k miles mine still had 30% left. If you're looking to hasten it, I recommend resting your left foot on the clutch pedal while driving.by Boxsterra - Main Forum
on the Panamera - 1 year ago
You can turn the stereo on and off by voice. But you have to prefix your command with the word "Porsche" and you have to pronounce it the correct American/English way, with one syllable.by Boxsterra - Main Forum
Perhaps - 1 year ago
those men are most interested in content of character, which shines through the darknessby Boxsterra - Main Forum
Looks like the power steering reservoir - 1 year ago
which would be a common problem. I recommend cleaning the area then checking again later. The source of the leak will be more obvious. (Also if you have another pic that would help)by Boxsterra - Main Forum
Ah, found it - 1 year ago
That's just a proprietary plug. When you buy the unit you tell them what car you have and they provide a wiring harness adapter, which plugs into that port. The one I linked connects to the CAN bus, among other things.by Boxsterra - Main Forum
The oil filler tube - 1 year ago
Starts on the passenger side but that's not the part I'm referring to. It crosses into the engine compartment and makes a diagonal left and connects to the engine in the middle-ish, front-ish. It is possible that it's the oil cooler but I doubt it unless that was removed at some point. Definitely will be easier to tell after it was cleaned and run. Take pictures.by Boxsterra - Main Forum
Hmm - 1 year ago
What is the negative to a big fixed screen? You will not need to mount your phone in this case because you can mirror the cell phone screen on the bigger, easier to access built-in unit. You cannot possibly tell me that your blackberry buttons are as easy to access as 1" wide buttons and knobs that are on the Porsche unit. Cameras are cheap. You can clip one onto your front plat, back plateby Boxsterra - Main Forum
Oil leak - 1 year ago
One common hard-to-see leak is the oil filler tube, which can crack on the underside (never seems to crack on the visible part). In this case you might even have a vacuum leak, which would manifest as high fuel trim at idle that corrects itself at higher RPM. You would know about that if your built-in entertainment system was also automatically logging your OBD-2 data.by Boxsterra - Main Forum
Where do you see "joying port"? - 1 year ago
Joying makes several units that are popular with Porsche owners. A few of the many examples:by Boxsterra - Main Forum
Lots of potential - 1 year ago
I don't know what this unit has and there probably are things that don't immediately come to mind but here are a few: Bigger screen Stable mount Clean, factory look Physical buttons for common functions Camera views Radio (mainly for when internet isn't available) Hard wire to OBD-2 data what else?by Boxsterra - Main Forum
You can get it for 1/5 as much - 1 year ago
For example (but there are lots):by Boxsterra - Main Forum
We all know the best way to add lightness - 1 year ago
is to skip the doughnuts.by Boxsterra - Main Forum
Yikes - 1 year ago
"The owner was in fact driving the car, and it was not stolen, the publication reported. In the video above, posted by CarsWithoutLimits, Chen appears to have gone very sideways and ended up plowing the front of the Mirage GT into a Toyota Sienna minivan. The crash bonanza didn’t end there, though; he tried to flee despite significant damage to the Mirage GT and ended up crashing into several mby Boxsterra - Main Forum
Not sure about the description - 1 year ago
With a car of that age you might be starting to get some clogs in the lifter oil channels. But that would make a ticking sound on cold start, not so much a clunking sound. Maybe record the sound? If it is lifters you can try running some lifter additive. Note that there are a few different types that have opposite effects (definitely don't want one of the ones that increases viscosity). Iby Boxsterra - Main Forum