What have YOU done to your 987 today

[Pinewood]

Failed her MOT on front tyres.

 

2 x Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S ordered for next week

[hmg66]

20 minutes ago, Pinewood said:

Failed her MOT on front tyres.

 

2 x Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S ordered for next week

I don’t know how you’re going to sleep tonight 

[phazed]

32 minutes ago, Pinewood said:

Failed her MOT on front tyres.

 

2 x Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S ordered for next week

A simple 60 second check of your tyres would’ve saved you having an advisory on your MOT history. 
I always give my cars, a thorough check over before an MOT. 

In my mind, (possibly a little OCD) I really want to keep the MOT history as clean as possible.

[Bike Loon]

9 hours ago, ½cwt said:

You're not parting with it anytime soon are you?

Jury is still out at the moment. Depends on a lot of things like work and stuff. It is a lot of money tied up in something that gets used for about 3,000 miles a year

[nelmo]

8 hours ago, phazed said:

In my mind, (possibly a little OCD) I really want to keep the MOT history as clean as possible.

Personally, I'm a little suspicious of totally clean MOT histories - makes me wonder if they were actually done and not just a mate with a garage who just signs off for some extra cash. Amazingly, I saw someone openly advertising this on a FB group 😮

[McDonald]

9 hours ago, phazed said:

A simple 60 second check of your tyres would’ve saved you having an advisory on your MOT history. 
I always give my cars, a thorough check over before an MOT. 

In my mind, (possibly a little OCD) I really want to keep the MOT history as clean as possible.

Obviously a catalogue of items suggests neglect but advisories aren't necessarily an issue for me. Evidence of full rectification becomes part of the history. 

[bally4563]

16 minutes ago, McDonald said:

Obviously a catalogue of items suggests neglect but advisories aren't necessarily an issue for me. Evidence of full rectification becomes part of the history. 

I agree the worry comes when that same advisory is still there the following year 

[Paul P]

10 hours ago, Pinewood said:

Failed her MOT on front tyres.

 

2 x Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S ordered for next week

Mate had 4 new tyres put on his car (C4S) by Kwik-Fit, who then MOT'ed the car the next day and failed it because it was fitted with the wrong rated tyres for the car......

I got popcorn and listened to the speaker phone conversation over that little outage.

 

[EXY]

5 hours ago, Paul P said:

Mate had 4 new tyres put on his car (C4S) by Kwik-Fit, who then MOT'ed the car the next day and failed it because it was fitted with the wrong rated tyres for the car......

I got popcorn and listened to the speaker phone conversation over that little outage.

 

What was the resolution, I am guessing they didn't replace the tyres but modified the MOT Testers expectations 

[Paul P]

30 minutes ago, EXY said:

What was the resolution, I am guessing they didn't replace the tyres but modified the MOT Testers expectations 

They initially offered him 50% off the correct tyres. (No refund on the wrong ones because they were used !)

I think his robust argument with head office saw a resolution in short order.  

[Boxer boy]

8 hours ago, bally4563 said:

I agree the worry comes when that same advisory is still there the following year 

Last April 23 , mine had an advisory something along the lines of “ brake pipe covered in substance covering possible corrosion.” It was the OSF under the caliper .

I did then a few days  before get it over my pit and give it gen ckean up and wax up .You know wire brush and waxoil everything .

Over the summer 23 it did worry me .Twice I removed said wheel and very closely inspected the caliper pipe and the longer one that disappears between the wheels near the coolant pipes .

cleaned checked but couldn’t find anything.So de greased this pipe , painted Matt black . I would have replaced it but read about snapped nuts and aside I had just refreshed the brake fluid with a pressure bleeder managing to undo both nipples at each corner …..so didn’t fancy a spongy peddle and hassle chasing air out of the new pipe ….unless I had to ? 
 

This year it passed no advisory.

So my 2023 advisory has just evaporated.Nowts been changed just cleaned up .

Edited April 5 by Boxer boy

[Boxer boy]

On 4/2/2024 at 4:48 PM, Geordie40 said:

Fitted new discs & pads all round, discs were very badly corroded on the inside which you cant see till you take them off!!

But the bloody handbrake shoes, whos stupid idea was it to use the springs & clips from hell, I have decided i will happily pay someone to change the handbrake shoes in future, took me 1/2 a day.

Im awaiting my Carnewal GT exhaust and an Aliexpress headunit so a busy couple of weekends if the sun ever comes out

Do you know if when refreshing the brake fluid the tech ( or you ? ) are cracking open and bleeding the inner calipers?
 

Those inner pistons are very ineffective that leads to that amount of corrosion.Don’t worry the outer pad and disk general massive  area plenty covers braking n normal use . 

[Pinewood]

18 hours ago, phazed said:

A simple 60 second check of your tyres would’ve saved you having an advisory on your MOT history. 
I always give my cars, a thorough check over before an MOT. 

In my mind, (possibly a little OCD) I really want to keep the MOT history as clean as possible.

My car wants for nothing and I thought the tyres would be fine, they just failed and will be rectified with premium tyres. I don't see an issue here. Plenty of forum members know me and my car and it's not one maintained on a budget. 

[bally4563]

To be fair most folks know there cars and no the maintenance, so generally it’s just a cursory check over? Had one once recently replaced front tyres on MOT there’s was an egg in the inner don’t remember pot hole , however that’s what the test is for

[phazed]

1 hour ago, Pinewood said:

My car wants for nothing and I thought the tyres would be fine, they just failed and will be rectified with premium tyres. I don't see an issue here. Plenty of forum members know me and my car and it's not one maintained on a budget. 

I’m sure your car is in great condition. There are many that allegedly have been regularly maintained. I bought one last year and its condition was appalling considering it had full service history from an independent. it did have numerous advisories, but it was very cheap.

My point is most people look at a cars MOT history when browsing the classified. I personally am wary of cars that constantly have tyres, brake pads, and other minors that shouldn’t appear if the car has been well looked after. It does make a difference, certainly to me.

of course, bulges and cuts in tires that can’t be seen on the inside as Mick stated above can occur at any time, and these can easily be disregarded.

[Boxer boy]

They are easy cars to attend to , Porsche designed them thus . 981 but the principal boxster maintenance ease is there for 987s and others .

 

Great enthusiasts car if can access the underneath.I have a pit on one garage so all my cars get a good going over .Suspension cleaned up , sub frames like wise and waxed .Take the rear anti roll bar it’s paint peels off ( heat cycles ) so I gave scrubbed it and repainted , re protected it .

Your main dealer or Indy just leaves it to rust .Sure the MOT guy will be all over the bushes like a rash hunting for a quickie job 😀.
Same with coil springs , struts and mounts …..cleaned up and re painted now rust free . Callipers too .Mine arn’t”  white  blooming “ like many others I see . A simple gentle green kitchen scrubber  to clean , decrease and G tech paint restorer abs hey presto they are factory black again .

I was @ the local OPC yesterday and stuff on the for court had “ white blooms “ spotty  callipers  ….Sure full PSH “ used approved “ FWIW ? As well ( recent rain etc ) rusty disks ! I mean the stuff standing a few weeks / months outside.

Take a brake bleed .The outer callipers nipples just moved as expected in car pro ported to have had a fluid change 2 yrs ago seen on a invoice at a “ specialist “ .The inners we’re ceased solid .Fortunately in the garage I could leave it on 4 Jack stands for 3 days .Yep 4 x day for 3 days I carefully dropped penetration fluid in the tiny cup surrounding each inner nipple  .

On day 4 got a wrench on them and they moved albeit stiff at first .

Coffee coloured brake fluid came out of the inners , compared to dark p*ss coloured from the outers .

Basically the inners had never been cracked open for yrs ……despite a FSH showing regular fluid changes .Brakes never felt better and ZERO inner disk corrosion as they , the pistons work equally as the visible outer set .

I don’t buy into all this talk of inner disk corrosion due to a bit of water washing .That’s cr*p other washed cars don’t suffer left standing.It’s gradually ceasing / ineffective inner pistons due to neglect at bleeding time .

 I would advise anyone recently into boxsters to do a gear box oil change.

Book might say 10 or is it 12 yrs ? But it makes a huge difference.

Mine wasn’t dirty when I dropped it just stank of aged fluid .The change is now superb .With my  308 Ferrari I do it every 4 yrs .You can feel the improvement.

Edited April 6 by Boxer boy

[eob]

Another clean MOT pass this morning.

The tester commented that he's sees a lot of cars from my indi, but few are as tidy as mine. 😇

[Bike Loon]

Taken the drivers door panel off to adjust the window positioning slightly as was getting a little wind noise at certain speeds since the new regulator was fitted.

It needed going forwards a smidge

[Menoporsche]

Put over €100 in the tank. Not sure if I have done that before, or only 1-2x. High fuel price (1.90 marked) and low tank. 

[brillomaster]

Took off a front brake heat shield that was rattling around. Other three seem solid enough though. While I was there, noticed two of the wheelbolts had particularly crusty collars, so swapped them with some spares I had from my 986.

Also topped up the coolant and power steering fluid, and checked the brake pad material too. Ready for Snetterton on Wednesday! 👌

[Angus76]

Cleaned out the drain holes. All clear anyway. 

[½cwt]

7 hours ago, Menoporsche said:

Put over €100 in the tank. Not sure if I have done that before, or only 1-2x. High fuel price (1.90 marked) and low tank. 

It runs better on petrol you know.

[Menoporsche]

The coins did rattle somewhat on the return journey. 

[Geordie40]

On 4/2/2024 at 5:03 PM, ½cwt said:

Something like these 😱?

 

Handbrake shoes (this design is common on many marques) is one of those jobs that once you've worked it out takes minutes rather than hours the next time.

 

A little worse, the metal had begun to flake away on the insides 😲

 

[Geordie40]

On 4/5/2024 at 6:32 PM, Boxer boy said:

Do you know if when refreshing the brake fluid the tech ( or you ? ) are cracking open and bleeding the inner calipers?
 

Those inner pistons are very ineffective that leads to that amount of corrosion.Don’t worry the outer pad and disk general massive  area plenty covers braking n normal use . 

It wasn't the inside surface of the disc that was corroded more the part the fits over the hub, but will check the bleed nipples are not seized. The inner caliper pistons moved ok, didn't take a lot of force to push them back when fitting the pads.