Hi all,
just joined as I have recently purchased a 996 C4S after 20 years of waiting, but have problems.
After picking the car up I drove it for around 60 miles or so and everything was great, temperatures
and pressures etc, then went to pick my daughter up from school. Whilst waiting I thought I'd check
the engine bay and saw the coolant level was well below the "MIN" mark, I called the Porsche specialist
I intend to use for my servicing and the guy was great and said as long as the car was not over heating
it was fine to drive to Halfords and buy some coolant and top up. I topped up with the coolant he suggested
and the car was running good but noticed the following day it had dropped again so after reading there could be
air in the system I topped it up again and everything was still good.
The next night (last night) I returned from work and as I had been given a lift to work by a friend my car had
been parked up all day I decided to go for a drive. I didn't let it warm up by idling as I read this is not good
so drove away gently and kept the revs below 2500 for a mile or so and increased them gradually until the temp was
near 80. I was Following traffic doing 50ish MPH and noticed it felt like it was missing occasionally but as soon
as I hit a dual carriage way and had some clear road I went to accelerate but the car would not respond and I
got the warning "Check engine - drive to workshop" was this limp mode? I have read the C4S manual doesn't
have limp mode then read it does?? As I only had a couple of miles to my house I drove very slowly home. This
morning I decided to take it to work (it's only 4 miles) to see if anything had changed and if not ring the dealer
I bought it from but apart from the "Check engine - drive to workshop" the car drove perfect although I didn't go over
5000 RPM there was no hesitation. I have rang the dealer twice but they have failed to respond. Anyway, I have
started the car up several times in the car park and driven round and the warning light is no longer present and everything
appears to be okay now. I understand I need to get a code from the ECU to see what this could be but are there
any known problems this could be? The car is better than I imagined and the experience when it is running well is
amazing for me but to have the issues after just 3 days of ownership is getting me down.
2002 with 12 OPC stamps and 48,000 miles.
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Rob.
just joined as I have recently purchased a 996 C4S after 20 years of waiting, but have problems.
After picking the car up I drove it for around 60 miles or so and everything was great, temperatures
and pressures etc, then went to pick my daughter up from school. Whilst waiting I thought I'd check
the engine bay and saw the coolant level was well below the "MIN" mark, I called the Porsche specialist
I intend to use for my servicing and the guy was great and said as long as the car was not over heating
it was fine to drive to Halfords and buy some coolant and top up. I topped up with the coolant he suggested
and the car was running good but noticed the following day it had dropped again so after reading there could be
air in the system I topped it up again and everything was still good.
The next night (last night) I returned from work and as I had been given a lift to work by a friend my car had
been parked up all day I decided to go for a drive. I didn't let it warm up by idling as I read this is not good
so drove away gently and kept the revs below 2500 for a mile or so and increased them gradually until the temp was
near 80. I was Following traffic doing 50ish MPH and noticed it felt like it was missing occasionally but as soon
as I hit a dual carriage way and had some clear road I went to accelerate but the car would not respond and I
got the warning "Check engine - drive to workshop" was this limp mode? I have read the C4S manual doesn't
have limp mode then read it does?? As I only had a couple of miles to my house I drove very slowly home. This
morning I decided to take it to work (it's only 4 miles) to see if anything had changed and if not ring the dealer
I bought it from but apart from the "Check engine - drive to workshop" the car drove perfect although I didn't go over
5000 RPM there was no hesitation. I have rang the dealer twice but they have failed to respond. Anyway, I have
started the car up several times in the car park and driven round and the warning light is no longer present and everything
appears to be okay now. I understand I need to get a code from the ECU to see what this could be but are there
any known problems this could be? The car is better than I imagined and the experience when it is running well is
amazing for me but to have the issues after just 3 days of ownership is getting me down.
2002 with 12 OPC stamps and 48,000 miles.
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Rob.