phillipj

I have the same issue and refuse to give Porsche $3500 for the parts. There is a poor mans fix using Lucas power steering stop leak. Haven't gotten around to trying it yet. Others have done this with great success. This was done by a poster on Rennlist 1. Open rear deck-lid with spoiler in down position 2. Put towels/plastic over the engine to keep fluids from dripping onto engine or body parts. 3. Remove approx. one dozen bolts that retain shroud/fan to deck-lid 4. Loosen and remove 4 retaining acorn style nuts that hold pump onto shroud 5. Cut tie wraps that retain electrical wires and hydralic lines so pump can be removed 6. Lift pump off shroud, loosen and remove banjo fittings on driver's side of pump watch for fluid to leak out and catch in a paper towel or rag. I held pump with channel locks for a good hold while loosening 7. Remove the positiive and negative wires on the opposite end of the pump. 8. Unplug sensors on passenger side ram carefully as they are sensitive. They are under a plastic cover that pulls off 9. Turn pump upside down in proper waste recepticle to empty the fluid remaining 10. With 12 volt power source, connect positive and negative to pump connectors. You will feel the torque and hear the pump motor turning, have a towel ready to catch any remaining fluids 11. With pump in hand, slowly add fluid. The Lucas product has a snout that you can cut and place into recpticle. This took approx. 20 minutes of adding, waiting for it to seep into pump, add more, wait, add more, etc...until bubbles stop coming up. Pump should then be full 12. Carefully attach banjo fittings with pump held upright. A small amount of fluid will seep when attaching banjo bolts 13. Torque the banjo bolts snug 14. Place pump onto shroud, tighten acorn nuts and connect wires 15. Connect sensors to ram (I used a tie wrap to hold sensors in place) 16. Place shroud in position on deck lid and snug up the dozen bolts 17. Tie wrap the electrical wires to the shroud 18. Actuate spoiler from dash with key on to see if you get the warning light I have actuated my spoiler several times by button and driving and works great. Good luck! __________________ Mike