mytrplseven

With the help of a loaner DME from one of our forum members, I plugged it in and, Holy Crap, it's alive. After all the hair tearing, frustration, trouble-shooting and components replaced, it came down to a defective DME. The good thing is I found several issues on the car that needed to be attended to anyway, so now I'm confident I won't need to worry about them on road trips.

I have to bleed the brakes, reinstall a fender liner (taken off to do the fuel lines), and get it down off the jack stands. It really sounds good and the AFR shows proper ratios and it just feels like it wants to go out and have fun.

Thanks to all who contributed their help and suggestions. They really helped me with understanding the vagaries and functions of the turbo 944.

No Lag

Nice, sounds like the DME is a weak point. Thank fully my has been replaced.

thomasmryan

cool..it begins

Noahs944

Huge day for you! Excellent news mate.

bonus12

Thats's really amazing. Wow, now time to get things started.
Many of us know the feeling!

konakat

Happened to me too. I spent 16 months getting stranded on the side of the road periodically until I tried a different DME. Super frustrating, but it is nice to know you resolved a lot of potential issues along the way. Enjoy!

Tiger03447

GOOD FOR YOU! Merry Christmas from your car to you! Glad that you found the grinch who tried to steal your Christmas! Good going..I bet it's a great feeling to have it back on the road...Go 777!

mytrplseven

Thanks for your best wishes. Now I'm putting all the miscellaneous parts back in their proper place. Wife got me some new embroidered mats to replace the ugly ones that were in the car in the barn. I need to bleed the brakes, re-install the front pax fender liner, rear hatch and weather seal, a little body work, the fuel gauge, etc, etc.

BoulderGeek

Wow, congratulations. I'm sure it's both relieving and frustrating.

My prior owner had replaced the DME about four years ago. I also just popped in a 944MAX chip in May. Hopefully it will hold out for another couple of years.

Keeping fingers crossed that you've now exorcised the gremlins for a while. Happy motoring.

mytrplseven

Thanks. I'm hopeful with all the things that I replaced, rebuilt and repaired, it should be pretty reliable and quick for a long time.

Dougs951S

Congrats, great feeling! Now that you know it was the DME, go ahead and dump motronic and get a Megasquirt..I know myself and another guy who can help you out

odurandina

LOL.

"the prehistoric, crusty, crispy, rat chewed electrical circuit built during the Reagan era (when your mom used an Apple Lisa to write her term paper) won't weaken/fry/destroy your new/used DME (the canary) of your soon to be towed away 944."

you, just go on believing that.

mytrplseven

And I was in such a good mood.

Humboldtgrin

Don't listen to that guy. He is a hater of Porsche but still drives one after dumping more into his Chevy engine then his car is worth without it.

odonnell

Proud of you for not telling OP for go v8 but yes, in 944-land it's normal to replace a bad Motronic part with one that's just as old, and hope that keeps it running. I don't think you can even get a new DME besides the awesome Rogue one, and nobody is paying $800+ for a new AFM.