what did you do to your 944 today
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jonnyporsche
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Before winter sets in. Treated surface rust at the bottom of the offside rear wheel arch, very vulnerable from stuff thrown from the tyres, just a few spots but needed doing. Then took some rubbish to the tip, its a romantic life porsche ownership.
Hairyarse
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Fitted a Promax ignition tune-up kit. Basically, multi-point plugs, new leads, dizzy cap and rotor arm. My old rotor arm shattered trying to get it off which was not great and leads are a bit of a pita to get threaded through everything - it took an hour and a half all told!! It ran well before but does seem ever so slightly smoother for the effort [8D]
scam75
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Drove for first time after engine and turbo rebuild. Also had a rear wheel bearing and 2 new engine mounts and 55lb injectors fitted. Al and me eventually overcame a bizarre poor running then non start issue, turned out to be the promax chip had died. So temporarily running a standard DME chip with a 3 bar fpr and 55's on board, not surprisingly running rather rich! Other than that engine and turbo seem fine, also took about 10 miles to clear all the crud out the exhaust from the HG and turbo failure. All good now though. Al going to contact promax about chip on Monday. I have to add a fantastic job by Al rebuilding the engine and attending to all the other things. New piston rings and big end shells,block, pistons and sump cleaned up, head got valve guides, seats cut, stem seals and valves cleaned. K26/8 rebuilt. Exhaust manifold, exhaust pipes and turbo all re-assembled with nice new nuts and bolts. Also replaced oil pressure sender which was leaking. I now have a lovely rebuilt leak free engine!! Intercooler replaced too as full of impellor debris and every inlet hose and pipe cleaned out. All new gaskets and sealing rings for engine, manifolds, turbo and exhaust. Cheers Stuart
DavidL
Active member
Actually gave it a good clean. This was rather precipitated by following a tractor for half a mile straight off the field with 6 ft high rear tyres chucking half the field all over the road and the occasional clod sent flying 15 ft into the air. Had to try quite hard to avoid one landing on the bonnet. Was not amused though he couldn't have cared less. Does look rather better but did show up one or two more marks than last time I looked.
Copperman05
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Treated offside rear arch, removed surface rust, added Bilt Hambers Highdrate 80 and then heavy duty wax, not a permanent solution but may slow down the rust process. Edd
That's good stuff. I'm a big fan of the Bilt Hamber range. Their Dynax S50 is wielded regularly to coat my sills and front wing corners .... British company as well. (Only complaint is their silly naming protocol! I mean, who thinks up "Dynax S50" and "Hydrate 80"? Why can't they call it "Rust Proofing" or something simple like that?) Oli.
ukmastiff
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Oli out of interest what do you use to apply and get right in ? I have been looking at using waxoyl mainly because a long 'lance' is included and for no other real reason. I know folk prefer this or that make but lets be honsst most normal folk dont even prtect tbeir sills (thus so many rotting) 
Ease of application might swing it for me tbh Mas
Ease of application might swing it for me tbh MasMas, I use the supplied applying tube, with the brass nozzle in the end of it. It's dead easy to use! I poke it in to both ends of the sills; there is a large removable plug at the back (you need to scrape off some underseal to get to it, and re-apply some once you are done) and I pull the carpet aside in the front footwells to get to the plugs in there, and stick the pipe in the holes uncovered. I also poke it down the vents in the back of the door apertures. It is very easy (almost disappointingly easy) to do - certainly compared with the palaver that WaxOyl presents. I do have a question about the cills tho' people speak of the outer and the inner cills, and I am not sure how to access the pair of them. I don't know whether the method I describe above gets into both of them. Oli.
PSH
PCGB Member
A word of warning about using any waxoyl product or similar at this time of year, you risk causing more harm than good. If the car is kept in a heated garage and hasn't ventured out for some weeks then ok, if not then leave until next year when the temps are a lot higher and less moisture in the air. These products are great for keeping moisture out, unfortunately they also trap moisture in if the area is damp and then cause the metal to rust at a far greater rate, be careful. Pete
Mas, What an eminently sensible explanation - that's one of the most helpful things I have read on this forum. Ever! Thanks. That makes perfect sense. Pete, Waxoyl, I thought that the oil-based nature of such substances was meant to displace water? I agree about putting such stuff in on a hot, dry day, as it means it is at it's most liquid and hence trickles into all the small gaps. (It's also at it's smelliest, and will stink your car out for a day or two!) Oh, and in answer to the original question - "What did you do to your 944 today?" - I drove it 100 miles on a shopping trip with my wife and marvelled at how well it runs! A well-sorted gearshift, new front tyres, new FPR and sorting out the boot such that it doesn't rattle are all good things. I watched it clock up 175,000 miles, and remarked (to myself) that the sunroof is still rattling and I really ought to buy a new seal for it ... [
] Oli.
Copperman05
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I have read this also but suspect it to be marketing BS.. Edd
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