TISPKJ
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Hi guys, before I go any further this is not a thread rubbishing the 968.
We have had the car since January but only really used in the nice weather, I have always thought the car was great in manual mode (it's a tiptronic ) but in auto the thing just wants to be in top gear all the time and seems pretty sluggish to be honest, certainly not 250bhp worth IMHO.
I recently had the belt service done by a local Porsche mechanic who I asked to drive and comment on his thoughts, he agreed that it has not got that mid range punch that he remembers fondly with others he has driven, he thinks he recalls a similar situation in the past with a customers car that was doing the same and seems to think it was the oxygen sensor on the exhaust that was causing the problem, he thinks he replaced that and it was like a rocketship afterwards.
No warning lights are on on the car but am told they didn't have that technology then, my thoughts are maybe the exhaust sensor as suggested or the MAF sensor ? Is there a way I can check both of these without going to a dealer or does it need to be plugged into the diagnostic machine.
Any comments welcome
We have had the car since January but only really used in the nice weather, I have always thought the car was great in manual mode (it's a tiptronic ) but in auto the thing just wants to be in top gear all the time and seems pretty sluggish to be honest, certainly not 250bhp worth IMHO.
I recently had the belt service done by a local Porsche mechanic who I asked to drive and comment on his thoughts, he agreed that it has not got that mid range punch that he remembers fondly with others he has driven, he thinks he recalls a similar situation in the past with a customers car that was doing the same and seems to think it was the oxygen sensor on the exhaust that was causing the problem, he thinks he replaced that and it was like a rocketship afterwards.
No warning lights are on on the car but am told they didn't have that technology then, my thoughts are maybe the exhaust sensor as suggested or the MAF sensor ? Is there a way I can check both of these without going to a dealer or does it need to be plugged into the diagnostic machine.
Any comments welcome