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  1. Orient Express
    Check your Power steering fluid level and make sure you have enough in the reservoir. I had the same thing a few years back, only made the noise when cold and during right turns. My fix was to add some fluid. Make sure you use only mineral based PS fluid.
  2. Orient Express
    GSM noise is a fact of life. It will even show up on land line phones. I like the GSM Buzz because I can hear it on the radio when I have to top down, and that alerts me to an incoming call.
  3. Orient Express
    When you get the summons and plea form in the mail, it will outline all of your options. You can also look in the county court website where the ticket was issued for info.
  4. Orient Express
    The latch and receiver for hardtop was redesigned in 2003. The twist locking pin mechanism was replaced with a breech screw assembly. There is a retrofit kit available from Porsche, P/N 000.043.300.46 That will tighten down the back. In the front, the header gasket needs to be kept clean and lubricated to keep it from creaking, etc.
  5. Orient Express
    Great idea to have another source for a iPod connectivity. You might want to mention to your China ODM that the iPhone and 2nd gen iTouch connector interface is different from earlier iPods. This is mainly for the power connection. Older iPod connection kits don't support power on the iTouch or iPhone.
  6. Orient Express
    If NC has the Traffic School option, then just pay the fine and take that option. It is the cheapest, fastest and least complicated way to dispose of the matter. Nothing will show up on your public driving record, which is the one insurance companies evaluate for setting your premium. Most states offer this option if you haven't had a ticket in some period of time (1-3 years) If you meet that criteria then you are eligible. You can do it completely online.
  7. Orient Express
    FYI: I have the ROW M030 suspension on my 02 996 Cab, and had the car aligned to the European Specs. (all dealers have those specs). My observation is that the main difference between the US and ROW specs are that the ROW specs have much more negative camber dialed into the rear wheels (-11 degrees). While that makes for some very, very good handling characteristics, rear tire life is severely shortened. I went from getting about 22K on a set of rear tires to just 15K, with a wear pattern that essentially ate the inner part of the tire down to the cords, while leaving the outside almost untouched. I just got done replacing the rears, and had the alignment redone to US ROW specs, which have neutral or very moderate (-1 degree) camber. Handling is almost as good, (a little lighter on turn in) but I would rather extend tire life back to what it was before. So that is your trade-off, awesome handling and lousy tire life, or extremely good handling and very good tire life. You pick!
  8. Orient Express
    Of course, you can save your money and just remove the stickers. The whole process takes less than an hour. Click here to see how to do it
  9. Orient Express
    Here is an example of a typical radiator that has never been cleaned: This car was experiencing significantly higher coolant temperatures until we cleaned out the radiators.
  10. Orient Express
    Have you ruled out that your radiators may be clogged with road debris? Do a search on "cleaning radiators". The radiators on all 996,986,997,987s get clogged with stuff that gets sucked into the air intake and that will inhibit air flow. You need to take off the front bumper cover to clean the radiators properly. This can cause overheating.
  11. Orient Express
    If you want your footwell lights to come on when you open the door, then take power off of the center dome light as well. If you do that, then they will all come on with either the door opening or by the switch in the dome light. That is how I did it, and did not use the switch you have.
  12. Orient Express
    All OBDC error codes stay in the ECU memory until cleared, but some will allow the CEL to rest if they are intermittent and do no reappear after N number of driving cycles. Any error with "implausible" in the description are typically intermittent and will usually allow the CEL light to go off after a number of driving starts. It is still in memory, and should be cleared to see if it will reappear. If the Secondary air pump does not come up to full pressure in a given time, it will trigger the fault, but it is usually an intermittent borderline case. Cleaning the MAF and disconnecting the battery will have the same effect as dancing a jig on one foot, and howling at the moon.
  13. Orient Express
    The largest wheel size for the 996 is 18". I would suggest that you exchange your 20" rims for something smaller.
  14. Orient Express
    The sound that you are describing is the secondary air pump. This is the same pump used on audis and VWs (and the Bugatti Veyron, but it has 2 pumps) and it will get noisy over time, including a sort of metallic whine sound. Sometimes they will get a leaf sucked in the housing, and the leaf will make noise against the squirrel cage fan. No worry, they all make noise of one sort or another. FYI, if unplug the fan and start the car, you may trigger a CEL that will say that the secondary air pump is not working. It will not autoclear, you must use a tester to clear it. BTW, Orient Red is not a "weird" color, it is the signature Porsche Color. :thumbup:
  15. Orient Express
    Get the Audi mirror 4B0 857 511C 01C and the Porsche mirror harness 996.612.984.00 (or 996.612.986.00). TSB 6827 (11/98) will show you how to wire it up to the car.
  16. Orient Express
    Orient Express, Do you have the VW/AUDI part number or the model year of the Audi A6? Thanks! Peter I used a mirror from an 02 A6. There are ones with and without a compass. The wiring harness is a Porsche part.
  17. Orient Express
    The mirror is the same as the Audi self-dimming mirrors. The wiring harness is available as a separate part for about $15. When I installed the self dimming mirror in my 996, it came from a wrecked Audi A6.
  18. Orient Express
    There are 2 grommets like that on the bottom of the engine compartment under where the airbox goes. If you look at the bottom of the airbox, there are 2 pins that fit into the grommets which fit in the holes in the body. Chances are that one pin has its grommet and the other does not.
  19. Orient Express
    As an owner of the ROW M030 suspension on my 996, I wanted to advise that when you have the car's suspension aligned, you have 2 options that have different results. 1. Have the car set to the ROW M030 specifications. The car will handle fantastically, but because of the large amount of negative camber the settings provide, you can expect to cut the life of your rear tires by as much as 50%. 2. Have the car set to US stock suspension specifications. The car will handle almost as good, with a bit of looseness in the rear (but very manageable). This sets the camber on the rear closer to neutral, and will allow you to get as much as 25K miles out a set of rears. The choice is yours.
  20. Orient Express
    cleaning the 997 radiators is the same as cleaning the 996. The key is to peal apart the A/C condenser from the radiator and get the gunk that gets stuck between the 2. I would think that a cleaning every 3 years is in order.
  21. Orient Express
    I use the finest $12 hook spring compressor that Harbor Freight offers to pull the coil spring tight. A pickle fork will work just fine to get the ball joint shaft loose.
  22. Orient Express
    I put the autodim mirror from my wife's audi in my 996. Porsche, audi and VW all use the same windshield mounting. The only thing that you will need to get extra is the mirror wiring harness (996.612.984.00) from the mirror to the fuse block and reverse sensor. The harness is about $10.
  23. Orient Express
    A complete clutch/pressure plate, throw-out bearing replacement is worth about $1200-1500 with labor. (it is a 2-4 hour job, in fact most good Porsche techs can do an entire RMS/IMS update in 4 hours or less. wheels up/wheels down.) Under normal use, a clutch plate will last between 75-150,000 miles. Your miles may vary. Generally the younger and cockier you are, the shorter the life of your clutch plate will be...... The best way to determine if it is worth changing the clutch plate while the transmission is out of the car for the RMS is to measure the thickness of a new clutch plate, and then your clutch plate. If you plate is 50% or lessof the new plate then it could make sense to change out the clutch plate. In your case, if you are the original and only driver of the car, do not drive aggressively, or abuse the car, then you probably have 70% or more of the clutch plate left. I would leave it in. If you do decide to replace the clutch plate, then do not pay 1¢ of labor to have it installed. They have to do exactly the same procedure to put the clutch plate back in the car for a RMS job regardless if the clutch is new or used.
  24. Orient Express
    Using a pressure washer with the yellow tip too close to the caliper can blast off the clear coat and cause this type of damage too. This can happen even if you are just using plain water. Wet sanding with some 1600 grit to smooth the edges of the damage, and then spraying some new high temp clear coat will make it look like new.
  25. Orient Express
    Sorry, but the air filter is a 30K event. Depending on the car, spark plugs may also be changed at 30K, but the 45K maintenance is the same as a 15K maintenance. Oil, oil filter, pollen filter. sure there are other minor things are check, like to to see if there is air in the tires, that the CEL is not on, and there the fluids are at the proper level, i.e. stuff that should be checked regularly anyway, but the major tasks are oil, oil filter, and pollen filter.
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