Paul P

47 minutes ago, Ti Rich said:

I have a once-a-year thing where I lubricate all the moving points on the roof system. Car cleaned, serviced, and ready for the summer again. Following two new Michelins on the rear the first drive out showed a surprising lack of rear grip - do these need time to bed in? It was spinning the rears far too easy, the pressures are correct.

I love driving this machine so much..................

 

there will be some "release agent" on new tyres - but i doubt that would be significant - suggest check the pressures - garages seem to have a fast and loose attitude to pressures.

think I may have the porsche doc somewhere - their method for handbrake adjusters is to set them so a certain torque is required to turn with the handbrake on a certain number of clicks - was a 20 min faff when I did my rears but was easy enough.

1 hour ago, moospeed said:

Potentially dumb question. If you replace the PCM with one of these does it mean there's no link to the little round screen next to the speedo?

I.e. does the map view go away on the dashboard binnacle?

Yup.  You lose whatever integration you had.  Newer the model /pcm more closely integrated. I guess the functions of the window remain but anything sat nav or audio is lost.  
 

that’s why most people seem to go for the addition of CarPlay / AA for the 981 / pcm3.1 and to some extent for the pcm3 in the 987.2 although that really depends on what options tou have as to how much you lose when when you remove it.  For me it would be individual memory settings, the 3 (or 4) different trip computers and the “lap” map thing for sports chronos as well as the limited nav integration into the cluster.  
 

matters more to some folks than others.  

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20 minutes ago, Wigs said:

Yes it drops fine when holding handle open but as soon as I let go of the handle the window goes back up, I’ve only noticed this with the outside handle, pretty sure it’s the same with the inside handle.

Probably will do the same - there's 4 or 5 switches in play in the door - one on the outer handle, one on the inner, one on the latch, one to tell it to "lock" if you use the key and another that says "locking worked" - the latch one sounds like it's not working so you let go of either handle, car thinks door is shut and raises the window.

Does it drop ok when you open the door from the inside ? If so then I would say it sounds like the door module (or rather the micro switch that tells it “door is open” ) 

I guess another variable here is what the car reports vs what it sees. It doesn’t know what’s wrong just that it’s seeing something is not as it should be.   The 986 systems are “primitive” (not a bad thing) in some ways compared to later models and the 2.5 the simplest. Perhaps the dme just doesn’t log that full spectrum of what is going on.

also.  What code reader is being used.   ? The 2.5 was barely OBD compliant so perhaps only part of the picture is available in the “general power train (P) codes interface 

30 minutes ago, iborguk said:

Or as happened in my case , replace both.

I meant which cylinder.  Easy to figure on a 4 cyl Audi by the side of the A2 by a process of pulling the connections.  Not so easy on a boxer engine. 

Honestly.  Didn’t know Porsche provided one.  My goto place is incartec but if there’s OEM I would go there first.  
 

fascia’s are just that.  Plastic surrounds.  They need to colour match  and fit the hole.  
 

don’t know what the price delta is but if it was me I would look at Porsche first just because I would expect the for and finish to match - then incartec because they have been great in the past on other cars.  

47 minutes ago, nelmo said:

you are not using Carplay/Android Auto on them

Yes - you are - thats exactly the point - that's ALL that runs on them - in that scenario (if you choose not to install apps onto the head unit). 

47 minutes ago, nelmo said:

you cannot just decide to use AA/Carplay instead - you have to bin the AliExpress unit and get a new one.

Yes you can - apps run on the phone - head unit just displays them. If you use TOMTOM on your phone and connect it up to the head unit - tomtom is there. If I get in your car and connect up my phone with (random app) "Scenic" on it then that app is available on the head unit.

not talking about installing anything on the head unit - just use the built in out the box carplay/aa interface and never update the OS or install stuff on the head. Uless it physically breaks or apple / google stop supporting carplay/aa then it keeps working with whatever phone you plug in.

2 hours ago, nelmo said:

I don't think it works like that, does it? Android Auto is an app on the phone that connects to a non-android device that supports it - that device then can run some apps (Waze, Google Maps, TomTom etc).

You can't run Android Auto on an android device as a standalone app and those AliExpress units are an android device. I do not have an icon on my phone that I click to start AA - it runs in the background and kicks in when you connect via USB to a device that then can use some apps that have been written to work under AA - make sense? Or have I got it wrong?

But you do get much more functionality with the AliExpress units, although you'd need to shell out for a SIM card to make it simpler (can you connect an android device to another android device and share apps?), unless you want the hassle of switching on a hotspot on your phone every time you get in the car?

Tech, hey? Supposed to make life easier....

You have it both right and wrong. 

Android auto and CarPlay are the “same thing” for the two platform. CarPlay for iOS android auto for android handaets.  It’s a protocol not an app as such - just a way of working together.  
 

both are “external display/input device” for your phone.  The applications on the phone that are capable of using and being interacted with on the head unit appear when connected   

all the apps run on the phone.  you don’t install apps on the head unit if using them in this way  that’s why I  can use (for example) the Porsche roads app on my daily driver ford - it’s installed on my phone and is CarPlay aware   The ford has CarPlay and I can interact with the app  running on my phone through the cars interface   

some android head units can run the common apps directly.  Assuming they have data connectivity and a gps that’s where having a sim in the head unit comes in (or using your phone as a hotspot). If you had data and gps for the head unit than you don’t need a phone to make anything work.  
 

Suggest a code reader of some kind.  If you were to have an issue that could be fixed with a cool pack or a plug then you would need to be able to figure out which one.  

With the caveat of b uy the best cpu and most memory ( not so much storage) as you can - an overpowered deivce now is more likely to be able to handle "carplay ++ or android pdk" in the future

Depends on how many applications you are actually going to run on the head unit vs the phone - if (for example) the radio app is good enough, and carplay and/or android auto works with your phone - then it will still do the same job in 5 years assuming it hasn;t physically died in that time.

If you want to load it up with apps natively - then yes - it will "age" - but if it does what you need today it will do it tomorrow - you don't have to run many apps as such on the head unit if you don't want to.

1 minute ago, iborguk said:

This help ? See post 7

https://www.porscheclubgb.com/forum/threads/adjusting-headlights-for-driving-on-the-right.151427/#post-956201

 

A bit - there was a blow by blow - 987.1 and 987.2 Halogen and Bi-Xenon howto - but since its PCGB thats been moved to make room for more "the captain of the club and the board of the members and the handstand of the flagpole, hats in the clubhouse, recently retired middle management excel spreadsheet formality, look at us nonsense, is this a golf club or what...." content.

Shame - it genuinely was the most useful thing I have ever seen on any of the forums there.

22 minutes ago, c1n3ma said:

Could you elaborate on this? Wondering if this is why my low beams on a US 987.1 don't shoot nearly as far as I want them too

In uk spec cars there is a lever in each headlight shell (have to remove them to get to it ) it’s a simple mechanical up down arrangement.  Labeled weirdly (something like L and T).  Both halogen and xenon have them but in different locations.  
 

effect is to mask the drivers side flip “up” on the inside edge - if you are on the other side of the road (like when we cross the channel into Europe) it prevents dazzle.  I wouldn’t it reduces range more ranges the pattern ) 

i think there is a write up on the Porsche club GB site.  Let me dig out the links 

EDIT - they appear to have updated the site - and in the process lost the most useful info - there's a fe other posts around - ignore all the "PDLS" discussions - it's the same ( lever is in the xenon place for pdls ) .

Its in the handbook for UK spec cars - I don't have an electonic copy - sorry

All good, but.... recently was asked to help out a local TIPEC guy who has 2 996 Ruf Turbo's - as an aside - him and his wife are total petrol heads - he has 2 kids - one Ruf has the rear seats in - so thats her car for her and the kids - his has the rears removed - and was his MUM's car when he was a kid - she used to do the school run in it.!

Anyway - his car threw a CEL - and when I scanned it - it was secondary air system related - he said "oh again - I just had that mapped out on my daily BMW M2" - so, that car, with the RUF map on the custom DME threw a CEL - if we can get round it with a rubber bung - thats great - but I am surprised ( and I bow to real first hand experience from @ATM on this ) if its that simple - I would expect it would be a "mapped out" custom ECU map.

Would love to know if you can just remove it and the ECU remains happy 

3 hours ago, Happy Days said:

My 718 had a water leak through the rear drains a few years ago (there is some relevance to this story, honest!). The foam holds a horrendous amount of water. I took the carpets out completely on the driver's side (on the 718 they are in 2 halves) thanks to Jeff Richardson's YouTube channel. The carpet hung up in my greenhouse for about three weeks until it dried out fully. And this was in the summer when temperatures get up to the mid-30s in there. I squeezed the bottom of the foam each day to drive out excess water. In my opinion, unless you remove the carpets and foam completely, you will be chasing your tail to find where the leak is coming in.

^^ this ^^ 

Big clue would be a part number update.  Maybe the latest pet diagrams for the car would give an insight. 

My understanding is that it's a "compliance for type approval" device, not a "testable on individual cars" thing. But - given it's one of the sources of CEL I would expect if a car with it simply had it disconnected or was faulty then a CEL results - and as far as I know that's an MOT failure isn't it?

These guys sell new coded to your spec units.  They may also be able to test yours.  Worth a call? 
 

https://www.mdbdiagnostics.co.uk

When folks have the Porsche PCCM+ install on 9x6 - doesn't that come with replacement amplifier or bypass wiring for DAB aerial ? That might be more plug and play if its a separate part.

Rob.  That last picture.  If you refer to the docs I sent (especially that bit from the inner liner replacement ). I think the strap that looks like it was on a bolt was actually originally a loop and goes  onto the top (hooked part ) of the metal bracket still attached to the other strap.  
 

That metal bracket goes over a bolt. (It’s key hole shaped)  bet someone previously had rhe strap break and then fixed by putting it on the bolt that the metal bracket sits on.  

I will post the picture of the diagram I am talking about a bit later   

is nav/phone all it's used for ? 

In which case ( and of course personal preferences) - why bother ? - the nav these days is novelty and if you can here the phone then its working ....

Or am I missing something ?

Freebie health check at local OPC via PCGB. Tech was a nice guy - no big issues, spotted a leak in an a/c condenser - subject to confirmation, looks like might be a warranty claim since no apparent external damage.  Nice to crawl around under the car - serious "ramp" envy.....