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JFP in PA

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  1. No. All factory manuals, regardless of age, remain the copyrighted intellectual property of Porsche (PCMA), so they are the only authorized outlet for the factory manuals. Anyone else selling or even posting such information are subject to Porsche’s legal rath. Porsche has authorized Bentley to reproduce some of their information in their service manuals.
  2. Your window limits will have to be reset (see your owner's manual), and depending upon the year of the car you may need the radio security code. There should also not be any "bolts" on the factory cable ends other than the bolt that tightens around the terminal, which is just snugged up with an hand wrench.
  3. It is probably the coil on that cylinder. I would pull the coil and look closely at it, if there are visible cracks, that is your culprit. You can try swapping the coil to another cylinder to see if the problem follows it, but if it is cracked, it is toast.
  4. If the system was not open to air, you did no harm. This "switch" is there to get trapped air out of the PSM/ABS control network after repair work on the system has allowed air to become entrained in the system. During normal bleeding/flushing operations, it is not used. Unfortunately, the original service manual set of volumes is long out of print, but you may find a use one come up for sale from time to time. Because these manuals are the copyrighted intellectual property of Porsche, we can not permit individuals to post, share, or sell digitalized copies of them on RennTech.
  5. Welcome to RennTech This is a common phenomenon when there is a problem the central locking/security controller under the driver's seat, often because it got wet. I'd start there.
  6. I would highly recommend you substitute a proper line wrench for the line fittings instead of a simple combination wrench. We see too many butchered line fittings because people used an open end instead...…..
  7. I am not suggesting that at all. Changing the wheel bearings without having to dismantle the suspension saves a huge amount of time, which of course is the same as money in the shop. Shops buy the tools like the SIR product to save billing hours for the customer, as well as any realignment costs.
  8. The tool is an OTC 6575-1 Hub Grappler Puller, available on Amazon.
  9. They only very rarely fail open, failing closed is the most common mode.
  10. If you have access to either a PST II, PIWIS, or Durametric; you can command trigger the fans to make sure they are working correctly. If you had a stuck thermostat, the car would very quickly overheat.
  11. The valve you are looking for looks like this and is down alongside the gear box:
  12. No, that is the electronic change over valve for the SAI system, not the Tiptronic trans.
  13. Yup, spend a lot of time and money trying to figure out what they did. Obviously, they either disconnected or cut into something which led to this problem. If you are going to try to fix it yourself, you are going to need a Porsche specific scan tool, access to a factory service manual set, and to pull the dash apart where they were working and start looking around. This is not going to be either cheap or any fun, and I seriously doubt it is going to be quick either.
  14. Welcome to RennTech The shop that did the radio has screwed up your communications link, take it back to them and tell them to fix it.
  15. Only if you have really small hands and long arms; this is why the transmission needs to be lowered slightly...…………..
  16. Did you reset the window limits after you installed the new regulator?
  17. The tensioners have internal components that wear.
  18. It can be done on the ground, but it is a pain as the transmission needs to be lowered to get at the valves.
  19. A lot of aftermarket parts sellers are pushing cheap Asian made axles that are nothing like the OEM units. If you could see them side by side, you would understand my comment. Rather than replace the axle, why not pull it and refurbish it yourself? While messy due the CV joint grease, it is not a hard project and has been written up here and elsewhere several times. If you rebuilt your original axle, you would know exactly how good it was...………….
  20. An experienced shop could do both in a couple hours on a lift.
  21. Welcome to RennTech The Tiptronic transmission has a cooling system control valve outside the transmission that can cause this behavior. While it is a bit of a pain to get to, it can be changed to correct the issue.
  22. Uview makes two version, one is plastic and comes with a general use adaptor, the second is all metal and comes with adaptors for everything known to mankind...………..
  23. Both codes are for a secondary air injection system malfunction, possibly a vacuum leak.
  24. No, there is no cotter pin in the axle nut, which should be torqued to 460Nm or 340 ft. lbs. The grease is from the outer CV joint (as the wheel bearing is a sealed unit), which is inside a flexible boot. They can be cleaned and repacked, but that requires replacing the boot.
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