Hey all,
I'm new to this forum, have hung about (and will continue to do so) on the 993 forum.
I started my 911 ownership about 15 years ago with a '99 manual C2, loved every minute of its ownership but fancied a bit of aircooled so jumped at a 993C2 12 years ago .. Shes waiting out the salty season in her garage (the spoilt b1tch) :grin:
Well yesterday I took a leap back into 996 ownership yesterday so I thought I might introduce myself to the 996 heads!
It's a '98 C2 Tip, just over 100k Miles, plenty of service history but not been used much over the last few years.
My intention is to reintroduce it to daily driving, I'm hoping she won't take it too hard!
I've bought a bit of a project to be honest, but I'm looking forward to the journey with it.
On her maiden voyage to her new home I thought she was running just a tad hot.. the needle was just about at the far side of the '0" while sitting in very heavy traffic (over an hour of crawling pace), and then wouldn't you know it, I then got the flashing temp light to tell me she had spilled her guts along the way.
I refilled the coolant this morning. A bit over two litres went in.
I'd love to get the wrenches out and have a ham-handed go of doing a bit of DIY but I'm away from home just a bit too much and know it'll never get done.
.. So, I've shunted her straight off to my local mech to make her whole again..
She'll get a pressure test for coolant leakage, possibly a change of header tank or maybe a rad? I'd checked the oil and coolant before buying , both appeared to be clear.
Anyway, The front bumper will come off to clear any debris between condensers and rads, the resistors will be checked, and I've ordered a lower temp thermo for her.
Other small jobs include investigating the oil pressure gauge which shoots straight to five bars and remains there (pressure sender?)
I'm hoping to get away with the above for the moment. The water pump, various suspension links and bushes, and coil packs have been done recently.
Hopefully she'll be reunited with road in the next few days, I'm really looking forward to hacking her around!
If you seasoned 996'ers have any pearls of wisdom or advice on any of the above I'd really appreciate hearing from y'all!
I'm new to this forum, have hung about (and will continue to do so) on the 993 forum.
I started my 911 ownership about 15 years ago with a '99 manual C2, loved every minute of its ownership but fancied a bit of aircooled so jumped at a 993C2 12 years ago .. Shes waiting out the salty season in her garage (the spoilt b1tch) :grin:
Well yesterday I took a leap back into 996 ownership yesterday so I thought I might introduce myself to the 996 heads!
It's a '98 C2 Tip, just over 100k Miles, plenty of service history but not been used much over the last few years.
My intention is to reintroduce it to daily driving, I'm hoping she won't take it too hard!
I've bought a bit of a project to be honest, but I'm looking forward to the journey with it.
On her maiden voyage to her new home I thought she was running just a tad hot.. the needle was just about at the far side of the '0" while sitting in very heavy traffic (over an hour of crawling pace), and then wouldn't you know it, I then got the flashing temp light to tell me she had spilled her guts along the way.
I refilled the coolant this morning. A bit over two litres went in.
I'd love to get the wrenches out and have a ham-handed go of doing a bit of DIY but I'm away from home just a bit too much and know it'll never get done.
.. So, I've shunted her straight off to my local mech to make her whole again..
She'll get a pressure test for coolant leakage, possibly a change of header tank or maybe a rad? I'd checked the oil and coolant before buying , both appeared to be clear.
Anyway, The front bumper will come off to clear any debris between condensers and rads, the resistors will be checked, and I've ordered a lower temp thermo for her.
Other small jobs include investigating the oil pressure gauge which shoots straight to five bars and remains there (pressure sender?)
I'm hoping to get away with the above for the moment. The water pump, various suspension links and bushes, and coil packs have been done recently.
Hopefully she'll be reunited with road in the next few days, I'm really looking forward to hacking her around!
If you seasoned 996'ers have any pearls of wisdom or advice on any of the above I'd really appreciate hearing from y'all!