I realised the MOT runs out at the end of the month, as I've got a baby due at the same time, I thought it best to get the MOT out of the way now and get some other eyes to look it over.
Everything was fine! I did mention that there is a knock from the front end but no matter what we pulled on, levered with a huge pry bar and push against, we just couldn't detect what was at fault. Either way, I plan to change the wishbones / bushes regardless, they have covered 95k so past their best I'm sure.
Outside of the MOT, I was able to poke around with it up in the air, quite nice to be able to stand up under it rather than be on your back! All looks good now that it has been cleaned.
The only thing I spotted was a dubious bandage over a section of an exhaust flexi pipe, I need to investigate why and what is involved here. I assume there is a split/hole here. At first sight, it looks like the primary cat pipe will need to be removed so that someone can weld on a new flexi but getting that pipe off looks to be a nightmare as the nuts have rusted in typical porsche fashion. Hopefully it can be done in situ, lets see. For the time being, I plan to heat wrap the flexi's, just to give some extra support in case they are getting weak.
So, the PDCC!!! I am itching to resolve the issue and I really need some better diagnosis but I'm impatient and had a new PDCC fluid tank to fit, so while I've got the bottle off, why not pull the rear valve block apart and take a look close at the components on it.
Fluid was pretty dark considering it was changed in May last year when a pressure line was replaced. The invoice for this job shows that the system was calibrated too.
New bottle as these have filters and should be done every 60k.
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So, off came the 2 pressure sensors and 2 valves. Not much to it in essence, I was slightly scared when removing these as if something snapped, I would be in trouble, thankfully, patience, WD and winding the parts out by loosening and re-tightening ensured everything came out smoothly.
Nothing scary was discovered, I cleaned everything up and refitted. Now I know it is all clean and I have now refilled with fresh CHF11s, it's a step in the right direction. I will get it on a computer again and go from there. All I can do on it now is replace the pressure sensors, fine, that will be an easy and quick swap so that I've had them off but if it's one of the valves, I'm not sure what I can do as they are not something I have seen before and certainly not going to be easy to trace as no part numbers could be seen. I really hope they haven't died.
I was tempted to put power to them while off the car but I didn't know how much so thought it best to find out. As it's all canbus, I was unsure.
So, with it all cleaned, back together and new fluid, I had hoped that the warning wouldn't return, unfortunately, it did. I think the system will need a computer bleed so I'll get this done after a diagnostic check from a proper system. Demort, I'm coming!!
On a positive, the new fluid has resulted in a quieter pump, doesn't hum as much as it did.
Small job, I wanted to restore the original mats, they were an expensive option and tie in nicely with the red belts, the mats themselves are in great shape but some of the red colouring on the leather binding was coming away, so I bought some leather dye and touched in the wear patches.
More beading
So next, wrap exhaust flexi's, find out if the dodgy one can be replaced in situ if needed, more diagnosis on the PDCC and I reallyyyyyyyyy want to book it in to have the rust removed but I want to sort the PDCC first!
Oh, tried out a Goonies DVD in the rear.