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turn to the belt. An idler roller bearing may have seized or the tensioner may have lost its tension or perhaps an accessory drive is for some reason exerting a huge drag or has even seized. You'll need to expose the engine from the top and you'll need to expose the engine by removing the in-cabin engine access panel. Use a good light and look at the belt very carefully. With the noise and smoby MarcW - Main Forum
to eliminate wiring/connector possibilities before tearing into the engine. I was assured the actuator was bad. This can be exercised by one of the diagnostics drive links provided by PST2. The tech told me the actuator was intermittently bad. (At the time I thought this suggested a wiring/electrical problem, but I'm not the expert.) Now it could be the new actuator is bad. That's why new partsby MarcW - Main Forum
That the engine is exhibiting the smoking and stalling means any diagnosis that requires running the engine is risky, very risky. My WAG is AOS. That electrical smell though... Perhaps that's just your nose and brain putting a label on oil that is being fed to the engine by a failing AOS. However.... the smoke could be water vapor and the smell is coolant/antifreeze. Any fluids coming from theby MarcW - Main Forum
reappear. So I took the car back to the dealership and will drop off the key Monday and have this looked into. Again. In the meantime, driving the Turbo and west bound on I-580 through of Livermore the other day and a rock flew up and put a nice nearly 1/2" star shaped crack in the windshield right in front of me and a few inches below eyelevel. That damned I-580 west bound... I've been on upavby MarcW - Main Forum
drive it over the weekend to give the car and engine a bit of a shake down. Cost is a bit over $1600. This includes an oil/filter service. I will have a break down over the weekend along with some pics of the engine exposed. Sincerely, MarcW.by MarcW - Main Forum
The senior Porsche tech at Livermore Porsche will conduct a round table discussion on your Porsche related questions. An alignment will be demostrated using a participant's vehicle. "Interesting" cars are promised to be available for viewing. The dealer will provide food (sandwiches, soft drinks IIRC) so an RSVP is required. The tech session is scheduled to start at 10am on Saturday Jan 22, 201by MarcW - Main Forum
QuotePaul-sussex uk Hi folks, Im a newbie here, so hello everyone. My Boxster has an irratic tick-over sometimes, I have replaced my O2 lambda sensors, and all is good with them, can someone please let me know what the average MAF sensor readings should be. I have a feeling my one may not be working as well as it should. I have diagnostic software, however I do not know what the average readinby MarcW - Main Forum
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usually at an end space so at least one side -- driver's side in most cases -- has plenty of room. Even so more often than I like I come to the car only to find someone has parked right next to my car. Invariably, if I park in a space that has another space next to the driver's door the adjacent vehicle will be too close to my car and I have to squeeze into my car. Parking away from the entrancby MarcW - Main Forum
most body shops are very poor about proper installation of the front (or rear) bumper covers of these cars. There are many and varied fasteners and my Porsche techs tell me invariably when they get a hold of a car that has been in the body shop they'll find the front bumper covers missing fasteners, the wrong fasteners used in the wrong holes, or the thing just not installed properly. The frontby MarcW - Main Forum
a changeover year in some areas of the car/engine and wrong parts order likely unless one deals with Porsches full time. No biggie. Did get a chance to view engine internals, at least what is exposed by the removal of the passenger side exhaust system and camshaft cover. I have pics, but will not post them just yet. No wear showing on cam shaft lobes. Engine interior free of any sludge at all.by MarcW - Main Forum
in diameter. If the wear is enough that the sensor is on then this indicates approx. 4.7mm of pad is left. However, wear can be uneven from pad edge to edge (front to back, or top to bottom) so there may be less pad material remaining at the edge of the pad that has experienced the most wear. If a sensor has been touched you'll know but you have to remove each wheel and manage to spread apart tby MarcW - Main Forum
and some patience you should be able to identify if the noise is coming from the secondary air injection pump, the starter, or some other location. I hate to see someone pull out a starter to clean and grease it unless it is clear that is where the noise is coming from but I do not know how much work this entails. If you feel the amount of work is tolerable then you might do the starter R&Rby MarcW - Main Forum
What you have is possibly one 'bad' one (say the water pump -- in the case of my Boxster) and all the rest are good. I was able to with a high degree of confidence diagnose the water pump cause when I wiggled its pulley -- up and down and in and out -- there was a bit of play. Not much. But the other accessory drive pulley/shafts didn't have any play. Also, if the serpentine belt has a sharp edby MarcW - Main Forum
injection pump is switched on and valves opened/closed to inject air into the exhaust system ahead of the converters to warm them up quicker. The howl can be the signs of a secondary air injection pump going out. The air injection pump is not switched on when the engine is warm or hot. If you are confident you can reproduce the symptom on demand then remove the serpentine belt -- note its routby MarcW - Main Forum
while the 1st test numbers came in ok the 2nd test after letting the battery sit a while failed the batter. Or skip the testing and just replace the battery. While it may not bad yet, it will never recover fully from the discharge. I don't know about you but I can't put up with a going bad battery. Sincerely, MarcW.by MarcW - Main Forum
be taken seriously. A 2009 997S... Are you sure the CEL is not just a service engine soon warning? I'm not current on newer Porsches but I know from my work that some other car makers use the CEL for notifying the driver the engine oil (for example) needs servicing. IIRC one BMW owner (a co-worker) reports his new BMW's CEL is due to a bad brake light bulb. Check the fuel cap. It can take a whiby MarcW - Main Forum
If not then I agree with you. The old one should be replaced. I'd back flush the radiators and heater core. Any debris should come out without any trouble. The OP should catch whatever comes out to try to get a feel for how much stuff comes out. Also, I'd note the flow of water. If subdued or if it appears to be restricted, replace the radiator or heater core. But otherwise, the back flush shoby MarcW - Main Forum
worth owning. Sure, if a Porsche dealer is offering the car chances are better the car would be under less suspicion but it wouldn't be free of any. There is some who believe that now's the time to buy a car for the spring. There are others who believe that this is such a well-known 'fact' that shoppers take advantage of this and there is no real difference between buying a car now and later inby MarcW - Main Forum
and you should replace the oil/water heat exchanger the engine coolant passages will be free of any water pump impeller debris. Sincerely, MarcW.by MarcW - Main Forum
which puts the expiration date sometime in June of this (2011) year. 100K miles is about 48K miles away. I've added a bit over 40K miles to the car's odometer since I bought it a year ago last June. The car now has a bit over 52K miles. Will I keep the car after the CPO warranty expires? That's a good question. Right now I am leaning towards not keeping it, but not sure how I want to get rid ofby MarcW - Main Forum
SM told me parts came in by at least 3 different shippers: Fed Ex, UPS and one other trucking company. Parts came in from mainly Alanta with at least one having to come from some place in Connecticut. I asked about the LA parts warehouse and was told it doesn't stock a lot of parts. Little things like filters and such and a few engines but most of the parts come from back east. Since lifts at tby MarcW - Main Forum
good (driving) roads in the UK too. One (or more) UK published car mags (and one UK published motorcycle (Bike) mag) feature great driving UK roads almost every issue. Some roads in the far north of the UK and Scotland come in for praise too. 'course, there are many crap roads. A big issue with UK car mag writers is too many high performance cars are being tuned at/for the 'ring. While this helpby MarcW - Main Forum
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acceptable, and a very thorough check out of the car and a PPI by an independent qualified shop turns up nothing, then buy the car. You only have to satisfy yourself. There's no need to try to beat everyone and get the best best best deal. Unless I'm shopping for a car my feel for the market is almost certainly out of date and I could be underestimating or overestimating what the car's market prby MarcW - Main Forum
My Turbo was slow cranking -- out of character -- but with no other symptoms. Interstate Battery in the car when I bought it, age of battery unknown. Could have accessed the battery and looked but I was too lazy. Took the car (car still under CPO warranty) to the dealer. Tech tested the battery. Tested ok. Let car sit a few hours and tested it again. Battery down by IIRC 40%. New battery time. Oby MarcW - Main Forum