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1991 944 Turbo Starting/Running Problems!


ORIGINAL: Frenchy

What plug is this Simon as you also know having starting problems also ?
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Just seen this Jim, but I had posted about the plug on another thread where you mentioned your problem. As an aside this prevented my own car from starting last week: the symptom was a completely unresponsive tachometer needle when cranking.

Its too late to take a photograph tonight, but I will try Googling for one after I have posted this. There is a plug in a horizontal wire which runs along the rear of the cam carrier and immediately in front of the firewall. Its brown plastic and rectangularish in shape. I wouldn't expect it to be visibly separated, but hold both parts and push them back together with a wiggle and all the force that you can bring to bear.

As far as I am aware it hasn't been an issue on my Turbo in 25yrs and 200,000 miles, but it did it the other weekend. My 2.7l did it regularly when it was 15yrs old and had covered half the mileage and it had been an issue for the previous owner too. I also owned a nearly new / 20,000 mile car which occasionally played up in this manner, but that was probably caused by me unplugging it whenever I had to leave it in an airport carpark when travelling with work...
 
Section 4.3 on Clark's Garage 944 Turbo FAQs section goes into a little detail about the KLR (Knock Regulator Unit).

http://www.clarks-garage.com/951faq.htm

Josh
 
Cheers Josh, i know the plug you are mentioning, i will try Clarkes Garge re the KLR, i strongly suspect this to be my problem now as everything else which may cause the issue has been covered (twice) [:mad:]
 
Refurbed KLR fitted, MOT'd and back on the road!

Next couple of jobs are to find how water is slowly getting into the passenger footwell and change the LSD oil.
 
Regarding water getting into the passenger footwell I would be looking at the seam sealer in the inner wing to bulkhead join as well as the heater box to bulkhead join and sunroof drain tubes.
 
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