996 old enough for self service?
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Hi all, after selling my subaru i quite fancy a 996 c2. I like doing the servicing/ repair work to my cars myself ( a bit of a hobby of mine). I've noticed a fair few folk look after their own 911's but they seem to be 993's or older.
Also as i havn't driven any yet how quick are they in the real world, bearing in mind i'm coming from a classic subaru with 400ish bhp.
Cheers, Johnny.
Also as i havn't driven any yet how quick are they in the real world, bearing in mind i'm coming from a classic subaru with 400ish bhp.
Cheers, Johnny.
I do all my own work not any harder than a scooby to work on! Haveing had both all be it a standardish scooby find the drive of the 996 much more communicative and easy fast enough for real world use. Only concern guess will be resale when doing your own work. I think its an awesome bit of kit so do it!
I do all the work on mine. Here is a little guide I made during my last service in March 2012:
If anyone is contemplating a DIY service but is somewhat lacking in the spanner twirling dept them maybe a few pictures to illustrate will be of some assistance. I am doing a major service on my car along with a few other bits and pieces and will take a few pics that may be of some use to other members.
First thing I decided to do was build some platforms to raise the car enough so that I can work under it with the car level. The car needs to be level for gearbox drain/refill and helps with other jobs.
Here are a few of the service items I have lined up:
I fitted the short shift kit last weekend and a few pics can be found here:
http://911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=71366
Today I started with the front bumper mesh. This is a bit of a PITA if truth be told. First remove bumper and clean out all the debris around rads.
Here is an excellent video for removing bumper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um-h2aUJHY4&fea...
First I brushed loose debris then used compressed forced air blower
Then with the bumper, cut, bend and fit the mesh. I used self tapping screws, other have used tywraps or bonding adhesives:
I found it a little tricky refitting the sensor in the front bumper as with the mesh now installed, you will need to come in from underneath the bumper.
This took practically all day so the only other job I did was fit a new pollen filter (2 minute job). THis is located next to the battery.
Managed to finish the service today so here are a few pics:
First thing I did was go out for a drive to heat up the fluids ( better viscosity for draining) then jack the car up and place it on the platforms I made:
Then I removed the gearbox drain and fill plugs and refilled the gearbox with 2.7lt of Motul gearbox oil
simultaneously I dropped the engine oil: the engine oil filter was the biggest problem all day as it was really tight and I didn't have the Porsche special tool to remove it. After about an hour of perseverance and some severe head scratching I finally got it off
Next was the serpent belt. Very easy to do, just remove the airbox then release the tension with the tensioner pulley.
Fit new belt as per sequence in manual
Refit airbox
I also had a diagonal brace which was badly corroded so this was replaced. Very simple, remove fwd side of rear arch guard (2x Philips screws) then just loosen 1x15mm nut and 2x 16mm nuts
Next was the fuel filter, this was fairly simple once I found a path to extract the old filter. First remove under body panel, then disconnect the 2 plugs on the filter, 1x earth lead and the securing clamp.
When restarting the car it may take 2 or 3 attempts as the fuel system re-primes itself.
Refill around 9lt of engine oil, then a quick leak check and test drive.
If anyone is contemplating a DIY service but is somewhat lacking in the spanner twirling dept them maybe a few pictures to illustrate will be of some assistance. I am doing a major service on my car along with a few other bits and pieces and will take a few pics that may be of some use to other members.
First thing I decided to do was build some platforms to raise the car enough so that I can work under it with the car level. The car needs to be level for gearbox drain/refill and helps with other jobs.
Here are a few of the service items I have lined up:
I fitted the short shift kit last weekend and a few pics can be found here:
http://911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=71366
Today I started with the front bumper mesh. This is a bit of a PITA if truth be told. First remove bumper and clean out all the debris around rads.
Here is an excellent video for removing bumper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um-h2aUJHY4&fea...
First I brushed loose debris then used compressed forced air blower
Then with the bumper, cut, bend and fit the mesh. I used self tapping screws, other have used tywraps or bonding adhesives:
I found it a little tricky refitting the sensor in the front bumper as with the mesh now installed, you will need to come in from underneath the bumper.
This took practically all day so the only other job I did was fit a new pollen filter (2 minute job). THis is located next to the battery.
Managed to finish the service today so here are a few pics:
First thing I did was go out for a drive to heat up the fluids ( better viscosity for draining) then jack the car up and place it on the platforms I made:
Then I removed the gearbox drain and fill plugs and refilled the gearbox with 2.7lt of Motul gearbox oil
simultaneously I dropped the engine oil: the engine oil filter was the biggest problem all day as it was really tight and I didn't have the Porsche special tool to remove it. After about an hour of perseverance and some severe head scratching I finally got it off
Next was the serpent belt. Very easy to do, just remove the airbox then release the tension with the tensioner pulley.
Fit new belt as per sequence in manual
Refit airbox
I also had a diagonal brace which was badly corroded so this was replaced. Very simple, remove fwd side of rear arch guard (2x Philips screws) then just loosen 1x15mm nut and 2x 16mm nuts
Next was the fuel filter, this was fairly simple once I found a path to extract the old filter. First remove under body panel, then disconnect the 2 plugs on the filter, 1x earth lead and the securing clamp.
When restarting the car it may take 2 or 3 attempts as the fuel system re-primes itself.
Refill around 9lt of engine oil, then a quick leak check and test drive.
Nope, no centre rads on my C2 either. I think the tiptronic cars have the centre rads. They can be retrofitted though. design911 have a retrofit kit.
I do as much of the servicing/work as I can on mine.
I have a copy of Adrian Streathers book. It's been very useful.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Porsche-996-Supreme-Essent...
PS, I'd recommend making sure you can get the gearbox filler cap off before taking the gearbox sump plug off! Oh, and when we took the undertrays off we found some very corroded brake pipes. I'd also recommend all 986/996 owners check those pipes which run down the passengers side of the car.
I do as much of the servicing/work as I can on mine.
I have a copy of Adrian Streathers book. It's been very useful.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Porsche-996-Supreme-Essent...
PS, I'd recommend making sure you can get the gearbox filler cap off before taking the gearbox sump plug off! Oh, and when we took the undertrays off we found some very corroded brake pipes. I'd also recommend all 986/996 owners check those pipes which run down the passengers side of the car.
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 14th April 22:22
anonymous said:
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I'm not sure, but probably a fair bit. It had spent time up in Scotland, so my car could be atypical I suppose. I only mention it because the MOT/service wouldn't catch it and the undertrays appear to be good at trapping muck and water. I'd hate for someone to find out the hard way.Gassing Station | Porsche General | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff