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  1. Yes, it sounds like a vacuum cleaner to me. It usually runs only about 5 minutes. It is for emissions.
  2. You can always get the B&M shifter. It pretty much works and looks the same - except it is blue and the Porsche one is gray.
  3. It's not too hard to clean the carbon from the throttle butterfly. It has been covered many times here - try doing a search.
  4. Take your car back to the dealer to fix it under warranty. Could be the alternator.
  5. Hmm... Porsche's parts list calls out 996.606.124.00 for all years 996TT.
  6. Thanks for catching that oversight. Should be all fixed now.
  7. There are some tests you can run with a PST2 or PIWIS tester. If want to be sure then you need to find a show with one of those testers.
  8. The first year of any new model will always have some needed updates - but it does mean that is a bad year. Any year will need some updates as time goes on - first years just might need a few more. I have a MY99 996 - the first year for the 996. IMHO of course...
  9. I think all refurbished engines have part numbers that end in letter (i.e. X, AX, EX, etc.) whereas new just end in a number. Built to MY05 specs -- but likely built in 2005.
  10. My cosmoline covered engine pan (original engine). Orient Express's second engine replacement (clean and shiny).
  11. 996.803.541.00.01C Cover (black) MY99 -- MSRP $1.10 each (as of June 2006)
  12. No adjustment. You should bleed the clutch when you do brake fluid replacements (at least every two years).
  13. Your manual or original paperwork may have the original engine serial number on it - mine does. You can then check it against the serial number of the engine presently in the car. Most owners never remove the brown cosmoline on the bottom of the car and engine from the factory - but none of the replacement engines I've seen ever have cosmoline on them. They are clean and shiny. The DME replacement records would (legally) have to be in the car's history. Any dealer should be able to pull up a full vehicle history from your VIN.
  14. Sorry, for legal reasons you are not allowed to print TSBs.
  15. My engine hours and airbag hours are about 100 hours different. Airbag is 100 hours more. But, I use my PST2 on the car a lot to answer questions here - so I have a lot of "key on" time. Your airbag hours are 3.5 times engine hours. I wonder if the DME and/or engine was changed? Or, I wonder if someone had a habit of leaving the key in the ignition (car off) - that still activates the airbag circuit.
  16. Yes. The only codes it can not clear (at this time) is alarm codes. See their feature matrix here.
  17. Just take the air cleaner and intake tube off the throttle body - then using a spray carburetor or fuel injector cleaner spray the butterfly on both sides until it is clean (no black carbon). Don't get the spray on your paint as it will damage it. You can use your finger to hold it open or you can take the throttle body off the car like I did on this (egas) Boxster. Tool Pants pic
  18. IMHO yes. The ICV has a solenoid that moves the valve. Sometimes the solenoid gets weak and sometimes they are just so gummed up they don't move smoothly or consistently. Isn't your car a MY2000? Your car is an egas car and does not have an Idle Control Valve. If you are having simple idle problems then you need to clean the throttle butterfly. They can get carbon'ed up and cause similar lumpy idle or idle hunting.
  19. The codes say the MAF is likely not reading properly. Take the K&N off the car and put the stock intake back on - clear the codes and see if they return. If they do not return then the problem is either in the K&N install or the K&N is not working as advertised.
  20. It is always helpful if tell us your cars model year and origin (US/Canada or RoW). It sounds like you may have a bad light switch.
  21. You can get free parts lists from Porsche by going to our Links page and following the Porsche documentation link here. You can also buy manuals there but they are pretty expensive ($110 per section or $5200.00 per year subscription). The Bentley manual should have most of what you need IMHO. Porsche did not start making PDFs of owners manuals until MY2002. So, if there is a PDF of an older car out there then someone had to make a scan.
  22. Yes, any stage 2's are not good. That 140 is ignitions -- not times you have over rev'ed. One theory is that it takes 6 ignitions to make one complete engine revolution - so this could happen in just one instance. The most common causes of stage 2 over revs is missed downshifts or spinning the car on the track (backwards) and not putting the clutch in soon enough. Stage 2 over revs can do damage because the engine can not control what is happening to it.
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