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mark.r

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Battery is less than a year old fully charged and has been drop tested, immobiliser (the 3 beep small key thingy in the side of the steering column beeps as it should, all lights light up as they should when you turn the ignition but absolutely nothing else happens; no clicks, whirrs, nothing!

Any ideas?

Mark
 
Difficult to be specific. I would check that the starter is getting power. I'm not entirely sure how you get access to the starter on a 993 but it could be a failed solenoid on the starter. If power is correctly getting to the starter / solenoid then my next guess would be an ignition switch fault.

As you state a failed DME would let you crank the engine but would not fire.

Good luck

pp
 
yes sounds like starter, difficult to get at even with a good jack as you would have to take the undertray off! should start with a push if you have space and feel confident to do so. regards Berny.
 
The main power lead terminal/connecter to the starter once snapped off at the starter,on my 993 c2.
I also believe there was a recall on a part of the engine wiring loom around this area and can be traced with your reg/chassis number at any opc.
Also my starter packed up at about 95000 miles.
I did it my self,but it was a bit tight,but is do-able.
Dan
 
Thanks Guy's, it sounds a bit beyond my skills, in fact it's a lot beyond them, I'll get it recovered to the garage!

My car's done 90,000 miles Dan so it may be Porsche's excellent engineering again, How much should I expect to pay if it is the starter?

Why the "drop tested .. !!" Maurice, have I missed a joke somewhere?
 


£200 max plus fitting,Should be an hours labour if they are honest/competant enough.
Drop testing a battery is were they use a tester to put the battery under a heavy load and if it drops into the red on the gauge within 10 or so seconds,it means the battery is finished.
Where are you based?
Dan
 
No much more sufficticated than that Maurice, Its a meter that certainly doesn't short circuit the battery, It offers a variable resistance in the same way as an electrical component would and it measures the voltage and current available, if the drop in voltage is significant when the battery is "under load" it is useless, or so I am told and hence the dop test, which incidentally is nothing like crash testing a car.

I know the implement you are thinking of though ....... you learn something new every day!
 
Have you changed the radio?, i did once and it was connected to the immobiliser and would not start, but would from a push

sam
 
Thanks Dan, I'm in Yorkshire, RPM near Harrogate have been looking after my car since I got it, previously had full OPC history. RPM have been praised/mentioned here before, they are ex Leeds JCT, and have looked after me well in the past - mind you they've had £7000, plus whatever this costs, out of me in 22 months so I must rank as one of their best customers!

Sam I did swop the radio cassette for a Nakamichi CD unit, which incidentally everyone is excellent and is very much in keeping/contemporary with the dashbord (no flashing LED's etc.), but this was 18 months ago. But the thought of the immobiliser crossed my mind although I'm not sure if it would merely stop the engine firing rather than stopping it cranking as is the case in this instance.
 
Thanks mbeattie, if I'm honest I don't know what alarm, if any, I have! As said earlier the car has the tiny key into the steering column 3 beeps etc. the key fob has a thatcham box on it with 2 red buttons, one of which locks/opens the doors when (locking red lights flash on the door tops and centre console), the other button appears to do nothing.

If I do have a secondary alarm/immobilisor other than the 3 beeps is it possible to switch it off?
 
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