moonshine

On 2/6/2024 at 9:48 PM, Withy said:

Interested in the rattling passenger side seat belt.  If it was refused, did you sort it somehow? Mine does this and it's pretty annoying

This will stop the seat belt clip from rattling 👍

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2 hours ago, brillomaster said:

2017 cars are in the sweet spot for tax right now - new enough to be in the flat £180 a year tax system, but old enough to be outside of the additional 5 years of luxury car tax. 

usefully, thanks to the new flat rate starting from 2017, but the luxury car tax being a rolling 5 years from new, more and more interesting cars will fall into the flat £180 a year tax rate.

To be accurate, the £390 luxury car surcharge is for 5 yrs, beginning in yr 2, ending yr 6.

Yr 1 car tax contains an additional tax depending on CO2 emissions 

17 hours ago, bandit_287 said:

How come that’s so cheap? My 18 plate GTS cost £360 last year and according to the DVLA site it’s going up to £570 this year. Unless I’ve read things incorrectly. 

I can’t say categorically, but I can only think you mis recall the cost of your road tax. Cars under 6 yrs old pay £180 plus the £390 luxury car surcharge.

Cars older than 6yrs revert to a flat rate of £180

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables

When iI cleaned mine out last year, they were filthy. Glad i did it.

I removed the rubber diaphragm from the drain plug, but i put the plastic plug back into the end of the drains when i put everything back together . (Without the rubber valve)

WIll this be OK? (or would i have been better leaving the whole plug off?)

6 hours ago, Patt said:

 

Ignored/tried to refuse

Chrono clock  - hand warped and fell off

 

OPC Glasgow replaced mine with no quibbles in May 2023

2013 Boxster S, Sports Chrono replaced in May 2023 because hand warped and had fallen off.

Ive a new sports chrono asa warranty replacement (hand warped and fell off) - the new one gets condensation in cold weather with the roof down  - it seems to go away when the instrument  lights are on (heat must help) and when teh weather warms up.

must be a “feature”

I got a reply from CTEK  

In short, nothing to see here... Move along  😂👍.

as follows.

Thank you for contacting CTEK! 

Due to the CTEK being a temperature compensating charger the voltage might be increased to give the same effective charging when it's cold around the battery. 

The base of 14.7 V is when the ambient temperature is 25 °C any degree above or below will adjust the voltage. So at 0 °C the charger would output 15.21 to 15.37 V 

This is not harmful for your battery or your electronics. When it's cold you need a higher voltage to get the same effective charging. 

Med vänliga hälsningar/Best Regards,

The mobile car coding  fella I used to get a new key for my Fiat Ducato campervan who specialises in all marques of car said he would not touch a porsche key and said to use the dealer 👍

10 hours ago, iborguk said:

I’d suggest use a multimeter to verify the numbers.

I plugged it back in this morning 

The victron Smartbatterysense reports identically (to the mV) to a multimeter with probes touching the battery posts. Step 4 is at 15.15v to 15.20v

A bit of googling suggests this might be normal, with 14.7V the charging voltage at 25c, and as temperatures fall towards 0c, charging voltage can rise.

I've emailed CTEK to see what they say 

41 minutes ago, TV8 said:

Voltage is in a relationship with current and resistance. Did a lot of sorting out of dodgy earths on my triumphs and TVRs. I was very surprised to have to do it on my 996. Do you get the same results if you connect the charger direct to the battery?

With an AGM Battery on a car with automatic start stop, one should not connect the -ive terminal of the charger direct to the battery - it should go to the chassis ground.

there is a shunt (essentially a coulomb counter) on the negative battery lead - and if you connect a charger direct to the negative posts of the battery, this is bypasses - which messes up things.

56 minutes ago, iborguk said:

What was the charge level of the battery before the charging started ? 

What temp were the surroundings the car was in during charging ? 

What does a multi-meter say vs the Victron when you're seeing the higher voltage ?

Battery was at a good to fair SOC prior to charging. Car not driven for a couple of weeks, SBS saying battery voltage before charging at 12.3V (70%for an AGM battery)

Currently sitting at 12.78V 10hrs after charging disconnect, which is 100% SOC 

4C

Dont know, didn't put a multimeter on it, but the victron SBS is a quality bit of of kit and is reliable 

1 minute ago, greenman986s said:

Where is the smart sensor connected?

Directly to the battery. +/- terminals.

CTEK is connected to plug in connector wired to the battery +ive terminal and chassis ground 

Ctec

19 minutes ago, iborguk said:

Just for info what battery do you have in the car ?

Thanks

 

A reasonablely new OEM porsche one 

41 minutes ago, TV8 said:

Does the first column say 15.8 volts?

Yes, but the desulfidation phase is very short. It's just to clean the electrodes. It was in phase 3/4 when the voltage was >15.1V

I plugged in my CTEK MX5 charger yesterday on the AGM setting, so it should take the battery to 14.7V as per the bulk charge phase (3) of AGM programme below 

I've got a victron Smartbatterysense https://www.victronenergy.com/meters-and-sensors/smart-battery-sense attached to the battery. It a cracking little bit of kit. It let's me check the battery voltage by BT, and also data logs the battery voltage.

Anyway, I was surprised the CTEK MX5 appears to be taking the battery voltage well above the 14.7V AGM setting. To maybe 15.3V

What are your thoughts? To me, I am surprised and it does not seem correct  ( I'm going to email CTEK)

2 hours ago, daz05 said:

If you think climate control is essential in a Boxster you are doing this wrong @moonshine

My 718s didn’t have climate and the A/C was a pain to use (when the roof is up i much prefer the CC i have in the 981s -

i think the usability of the non CC A/Cis exacerbated by the gear leaver / PDK lever getting in the road of the a/c temperature control - i think switches are common to both LHD and RHD models, and where the temperature button is placed, you have to reach around the  gear stick and it is more accessible  when sitting in the RHD passenger seat / LHD driver seat

For me, essentials were PSE, Sports Plus seats, PDK with steering wheel with paddles, heated seats and PDLS Xenons, Climate control and PASM and I wouldn't have a car without  these.

Other things like leather dash, Sports Chrono, Bose are nice to get, but not essential 

Changed the stock D3S 35W bi-xenon PDLS HID bulbs with new Osram Cool Blue Intense Xenarc Next Gen 6200k bulbs (+150% brightness) - The light output is definitely less yellow / more blue than the stock bulbs - more akin to the colour of the LED DRLs now.

40 minutes ago, GTSMarky said:

I didn't really notice how dead the car felt until I drove it with x2 properly functioning units again.  Yes you can drive it, but there is a discernible difference in the way the car feels.

Are they not meant to fail / default to teh sports (hard) setting? I can’t see the car would feel less alive with them failed to teh sports setting

I think the passenger footwell 12v socket shuts down 20 min after car shutdown unless a charge current is detected. If the charger is connected in the 20 min window, the 12v footwell socket stays live 

5 hours ago, Jon61 said:

But just to confuse the issue further, I was under the impression that 'bi-xenon' meant that both full & dipped beam uses xenon bulbs. But that Porsche brochure describes the PDLS option on that page as follows: "Comprising Bi-Xenon main headlights with halogen main beam headlights, a headlight cleaning system and automatic dynamic range control, ... ". Is there a typo in the text I've made bold, or if not, what is going on??

My 2013 Boxster S has bi xenon PDLS with washers.

The bi xenon are low and high beam l. It also has a halogen hi beam that works as a flasher high beam in day time(when the bi xenon headlights are not on.) presumably because the response / warm up time of Xenons from gold / off is not fast enough  to work as a flash high beam.

When the hi xenon are on low beam, the high beam flash is from the xenon high beam ( not the halogen main beam)

My car 981s has Option 603 PDLS - so AFAIK, 35W bixenon, with washers, but no auto headlight 

I think you need  to code the ECU to let it know its  a LiFePO4  battery, rather than an AGM.

The charging profile  (voltage and current) are different to AGM.

The other thong is to make sure the LiFePO4 battery has a heating mat fitted, (that warms the battery in temps <5C. You must not charge a LiFePO4 battery that is below  0C.

Many LiFePO4 batteries have an inbuilt Battery Management System (BMS) that will prevent charging if the battery is too cold.

The heated mat / battery uses charging current to warm the battery before it will accept charge current, and is especially important in a  Porsche and other marques where the battery is not located in the engine compart, so there is not the heat soak to warm the battery 

12 minutes ago, Scubaregs said:

There are currently around 12 "Blues" in the BMW range. 😉

Phytonic Blue 👍😀