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5 minutes ago, iborguk said:

That listing is for the sensor.

You will need to call a Porsche parts dept for a price of the sticker (it wont be £123).

Again for any original Porsche parts you will find a Porsche Centre will be cheapest. Of course, your money, your choice. Good luck sorting.

We're all here to save money, so I'm happy to give that sensor a punt, just wish I could clear the code first, see if that works before throwing money away, seems odd that the sensor suddenly packed up. 

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Also bear in mind that for a import part there will be additional delivery fees and possibly customs charges.

Again start with getting the car to someone who can read the code first or invest in a half-decent code reader.

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Just now, iborguk said:

Also bear in mind that for a import part there will be additional delivery fees and possibly customs charges.

Again start with getting the car to someone who can read the code first or invest in a half-decent code reader.

And the thread is back where it started...

Agreed, code reader it is first, I'm sure it will pay for itself in no time. 

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5 minutes ago, Porschevirgin1968 said:

Diagnostics tool purchased. Went for the Foxwell NT530. 

The alternative is to disconnect the battery for 20-30mins to give enough time for the memory to clear. Done that many times in the past with good success

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2 hours ago, Porschevirgin1968 said:

We're all here to save money, so I'm happy to give that sensor a punt, just wish I could clear the code first, see if that works before throwing money away, seems odd that the sensor suddenly packed up. 

Your car. Money, choice. Of course. Personally think it’s not always cheapest being best value 

Also   I don’t think that a dash warning of something like that is the kind of thing that will latch a DTC in the control module  clearing codes as a 1st attempt is usually the kind of thing you do for emissions or check engine lights   You don’t “clear” a dashboard warning as such. But a code reader may tell you code 12345 - where that equals check this contact for this voltage and if x then check that switch etc   
 

as to the part  - 2nd hand part from the US , with postage and potential import duty. Seems like a gamble to me at 130 quid , what happens if it doesn’t work ?

Perhaps some of the uk specialist breakers have one. Worth a call to the usual suspects (9apart , Douglas valley ) 

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9 minutes ago, Mattman42 said:

The alternative is to disconnect the battery for 20-30mins to give enough time for the memory to clear. Done that many times in the past with good success

Clearly doesn't work with @John K

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18 minutes ago, Paul P said:

 

as to the part  - 2nd hand part from the US , with postage and potential import duty. Seems like a gamble to me at 130 quid , what happens if it doesn’t work ?

Perhaps some of the uk specialist breakers have one. Worth a call to the usual suspects (9apart , Douglas valley ) 

Fair points.

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6 hours ago, Paul P said:

"Pedantic as a service" :)

 the Foxwell does some coding as well - haven't got one so can't comment on what works - but I know it can do it - because I have had to unpick some "self inflicted outage" done by someone with a one who was playing with the coding of the front control unit in a 997.2. I also know it can't do all the coding required for Cruise on a 987 ( neither can Durametric - they both appear to lack "cluster" coding capabilities. )

OK, '.... to code reliably.'

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