Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 2:01 pm
Hmmm..I think I need to ditch the headlight washer nozzles.
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 2:04 am
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 3:58 am
I understand that they ditch themselves (or at least the covers do) if you drive in a spirited-enough mannersweet victory wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 2:04 am Hmmm..I think I need to ditch the headlight washer nozzles.
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 7:09 am
Just had mine removed when I replaced the head lights. Looks much better. Stupid things hadn't worked in like 10 or 15 years anyway after I got tired of replacing the nozzles.sweet victory wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 2:04 am
Hmmm..I think I need to ditch the headlight washer nozzles.
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 7:11 am
I always figured it was just the fluid freezing in the winter that kept killing them, but I do tend to treat the gas pedal as an on/off switch...02TX996Cab wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 3:58 amI understand that they ditch themselves (or at least the covers do) if you drive in a spirited-enough mannersweet victory wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 2:04 am Hmmm..I think I need to ditch the headlight washer nozzles.
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:51 am
How analog! My garbage is e-gas; my throttle is stuck at “1”
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 3:18 pm
So I got my car back last week, with a shiny new IMS Solution. I'm pretty happy about that. Not super happy with my indy, so yet again I seem to have picked the wrong vendor. Luckily for me, I have an infinite amount of money to spend on the car. </sarcasm>
I won't call him out in public here, but DM me if you want to know who to avoid in the NNJ area. His crimes:
"Whoops, I broke the oil filler tube." We argued about this one for a while, he maintains it was brittle and on the way out.
The day I got it back, I ran a few errands and on the way home, the ABS light and battery lights came on. I didn't even head home, went right back to the shop. Alternator dead. Now, while its true that the alternator could be on the way out, I have a suspicion that something he did (belt not tight enough, too tight, what have you) caused it to go out. It is original, but my dash gauge has always shown a steady 14v. In any case, more arguing and he agreed to not charge me labor for replacing it. Don't look up what the part costs.
Car is running like a top (as usual) and I don't have to worry about the IMS anymore. Just the several other things.
I won't call him out in public here, but DM me if you want to know who to avoid in the NNJ area. His crimes:
"Whoops, I broke the oil filler tube." We argued about this one for a while, he maintains it was brittle and on the way out.
The day I got it back, I ran a few errands and on the way home, the ABS light and battery lights came on. I didn't even head home, went right back to the shop. Alternator dead. Now, while its true that the alternator could be on the way out, I have a suspicion that something he did (belt not tight enough, too tight, what have you) caused it to go out. It is original, but my dash gauge has always shown a steady 14v. In any case, more arguing and he agreed to not charge me labor for replacing it. Don't look up what the part costs.
Car is running like a top (as usual) and I don't have to worry about the IMS anymore. Just the several other things.
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 5:10 pm
If the oil filler tube was original to the vehicle, it very well could've been brittle. Engine compartment plastics in the 996 aren't the same as today's materials and the heat will cause them to get brittle and very fragile.
I got to experience this first-hand -- I had my filler tube and the infamous little plastic coolant fitting both break during a refueling stop / oil level check early on a Sunday morning on the first day of a five-day road trip. I was fortunate both failures were in (reasonably) accessible locations, such that I was able to McGyver repairs using some parts and duct tape from a nearby Home Depot and resume the trip after a 2-hour delay.
I got to experience this first-hand -- I had my filler tube and the infamous little plastic coolant fitting both break during a refueling stop / oil level check early on a Sunday morning on the first day of a five-day road trip. I was fortunate both failures were in (reasonably) accessible locations, such that I was able to McGyver repairs using some parts and duct tape from a nearby Home Depot and resume the trip after a 2-hour delay.
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 6:19 am
The 997 alternator fits and works, for considerable less money...OceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 3:18 pm The day I got it back, I ran a few errands and on the way home, the ABS light and battery lights came on. I didn't even head home, went right back to the shop. Alternator dead........Don't look up what the part costs.
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 6:23 am
I wish I knew that then! I probably could have swapped an alternator out myself if I was able to diagnose it fast enough.Dgi 07 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 6:19 amThe 997 alternator fits and works, for considerable less money...OceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 3:18 pm The day I got it back, I ran a few errands and on the way home, the ABS light and battery lights came on. I didn't even head home, went right back to the shop. Alternator dead........Don't look up what the part costs.