I put -30 F. rated washer fluid in my "new" 911 and just had occasion to use it. No dice. It took almost a whole gallon and was still not topped off, with none on the ground. I did put it in the specified fill place, the small cap next to the gas filler. I pull the washer lever towards me and the wipers work as they are supposed to, but no fluid. I checked the fuse/relay diagram and see only one entry labeled "windshield wipers". I assume that fuse is OK since the wipers work fine, both main lever and intermittent ****. Any ideas? Where is the tank and the works located?

 

The tank is located in front of the left front wheel, and the pump is located in the front of the bonnett. I would not assume that the fuse for the pump is fine based on the one for the wipers being O.K., they might be separate. The pump might be frozen: Have someone pull the lever while you listen to the pump so see if it is working. Also there are multiple one-way valves in the washer lines, which sometimes get stuck closed (especially if the system has not been used for a while). Finally, some significant gunk can settle in the base of the fluid reservoir tank - It is pretty easy to pull out, and clean out. Amazing what I have seen come out of some of those tanks. And they don't smell great inside sometimes.

Good luck,
Tom

 

Tom,
I had no idea of the collective power of Rennlist posts. After reading your post, I went out to the car, inspected under the trunk lid, did nothing else, and pulled the lever towards me: Viola! Wiper fluid. This is my first experience of having a mechanical problem completely resolved by doing nothing more than reading a Rennlist post. Thank you so much....

 

Thy Porsche Gods have smiled upon you,

you must have spread good CARma somewhere and it has returned!

How is that weather up there, A guy is on his way right now from Haines with his F-350 (he took the ferry on the way down) all the way down to L.A. to pick up my Landcruiser he bought, then trailer the thing to Ogden Utah to pick up some parts, then DRIVE all the way back up! He has to be nuts. but he wanted my cruiser bad.

 

der mond, FYI, my 88 Carrera had a bad pump and also all the one-way valves died at the same time. I bought a new pump and valves and it was fixed. As previously stated, the pump is the primay thing to check. If it does push fluid, check valves are moot. Glad all is well.

 

When I first got my 911, I marvelled at the capacity of the car for fluids. 80L gas and approaching 8L for WW. When ppl, ask me what the range of the car is, I answer 'My Bladder". The car can run longer than I can.

 

Here in the Interior we have had snow for 4 days straight - we have about 6" on the ground right now. Temps around 30 and expected to fall this weekend. I hear Anchorage is dry. Great cross country ski base already - folks are skate skiing. Started out as freezing rain/snow - I drove my Cherokee day 1 but have driven the Carrera since, and it has been delightful. A thread on keeping the windows clear of condensation by letting in sufficient outside air or even using the a/c has been helpful. Of course, I finesse the gas pedal/clutch/brakes strategically to avoid locking up the rear end, and Blizzaks help tremendously. The car is just running splendidly, what a blast! The Alaska Highway is normally preferable to drive in the winter, because of the way the snow fills in any holes in the gravel/construction zones in the Yukon. Truckers greatly prefer the highway in winter. The only thing is, you have to be prepared to spend the night if you run into a snow squall, and common sense dictates good tires and tweaked vehicle maintenance. But for the most part, if there is no forecast of imminent nasty weather, I wouldn't hesitate to drive the highway in winter. It's the trip of a lifetime in summer if you ever have the chance. A totally mindblowing side trip is to drop down east of Whitehorse to Skagway, take a short Marine Highway ferry ride to Haines (Haines is lovely) and up to Haines Junction. Spectacular. There are long gravel stretches in the Yukon which I would prefer not to drive again with the 911. I drove them at night at 20 mph while driving home from Chicago where I bought the car. How's the rebuild going?

 

Sounds nice, it has been raining down here most of the week, but like 70 degrees, I would like to see AK one of these days between projects, I love the back country (thats what the Landcruiser was for) but down here I have to drive it for 80-100 miles just to get out of town, not fun with low gearing, 65-70 MPH MAX, and 8 MPG.

The rebuild is running a little behind schedule, I'm waiting on one rod, it was cracked so I have to find one in the same weight group, its of course the lightest weight grouping and therefore the most difficult to find, but the others have been shot peened and polished. heads with upgraded guides and racing springs are done, case is done, crank has been put back to STD> and re hardened and hard-chromed and all the oil galleys have been drilled and tapped with threaded plugs installed. every thing has been balanced to race spec (except that damn last rod im missing)

I have all the hard parts, lightened flywheel, aluminum press. plate, 964 cams, raceware hardware, all the goodies, I have my MAF kit almost done too, Boxster S 3.2 MAF sensor, BMW 540 housing, wiring, really nice wraped urethane hoses (black of course), I'm making a velocity horn on a friends flow bench so it will set inside the factory air box and look stock. The intake manifolds are going out to get extrude honed, then powder coated black with polished "Porsche" lettering next week along with the fan (black ring, silver fan), and I'm probably going to have the throttle bored too if I don't swap it with a larger one from an Audi. Once its together and broken in, its of to the dyno for data logging and some chip work, its going to be a monster 3.2 (by no means the MOST powerful but it should surprise alot of people for stock displacement and injection) BUT, it should never come apart again, I still have to pull the oil tank and cooler and send them with the lines to the ultra-sonic cleaner but hey, Rome wasn't built in a day. Damn this is long, I'll be updating with pics too as I get all the parts on the bench.

Take a pic of the coupe in some nice "snowy" scenery and post it up, that would be an awesome pic.

 

Wow - that's going to be one ferocious 9-something - perhaps you should invent your own 9 number for it. I'd be really interested in your dyno readings, so please keep us all posted. I'll get around to the winter driving pic, thanks for suggesting it.

 

I was thinking of a 912E badge for ****s and giggles, best part is it will look like a stock 3.2 to the normal eye, and a detailed 3.2 to the not so normal eye, just like my monster 2.0 8V volkswagen, 115 at the flywheel stock, I have it at around 130 at the WHEELS with bolt ons ( I have a big valve head for it or a 20V turbo head sitting in the garage awaiting future plans along with a BahnBrenner Supercharger kit that is next after the Carrera is done which should be good for around 230-240 at the wheels. not bad for a 2300lb car) which still leaves the VW bug in the garage that is third in line for a turbo bracket racer. too many projects but no wife or kids (just the girlfriend) to side-track me