New owner help, please!
 

Good morning guys,

I just picked up a real beauty of a 964 after having been looking for about a month or so. This is my first air cooled 911...still have a 996GT3 as my track car and am selling my 06 Cayman S (yet another track car). I wanted a fun, classic street car...hence this 1990 C2.
That being said, though I have been around these cars forever I don't know enough about them yet.
I don't have the owners manual and am trying to find onto buy, copy or download (anyone?) but I have the "red !" that goes on in the dash very time I start it....I don't know why. How do I know what the "problem" is?
I know i'll get the :rtfm: emoticon...I would if I had one!!
Thanks.
Oh and pics with my race bike on top.

Does it remain on even after turning the car on? Make sure your hand brake is all the way down..even if its left slightly up it'll throw the "!"
Also congrats, welcome and you definitely lucked out with the Aero mirrors..

Great looking '64 you have there!

Do you get a warning buzzer, or just the "!" symbol?

Chris

The light comes on when I start it, no other light accompanies it. No buzzer. Oil level is good, fluids are good...brakes are good...
When cold, it makes a strange "squelching" noise from under the shifter...not sure what that is. I don't think it's related since the "!" comes on even when the car is warm. Drives fine though...
Thanks for the help.

Does the spoiler light come on as well? Does the ! light turn off after you start driving? This is normal if so. Mine does it too. The ! light is a warning light to let you know there is another light on.

Mine comes on when the car is started and doesn't go off until the car start moving. I thought it was normal.

It will come on and stay on unless I press the button in front of the shifter; then it will remain off until I re-start the car.
I feel like we are on 20 questions...lol!

Yes it will probably be 20 questions for a while because the 'i' staying on will be accompanied by another warning light. e.g. when the low fuel light comes on the 'i' comes on with it. I've never seen an 'i' is on its own but I guess that it could be indicating a fault elsewhere that might be unique to a Canada 964? I believe you have DRLs on canada 964s so maybe there is a problem with those?

If you're getting the central warning light then you should also have another light indicating why its on. Since you do not also have the buzzer sounding, it could be one of the following:
Brake Fluid Level
Handbrake
Fan Belt
Oil Pressure
Low Fuel
Rear Spoiler

When you turn the ignition on (without starting the car) are all of these lit up?

ABS sensor?

Take a look if you have bulbs in the seatbelt and airbag icons on the clock (both should light up when you turn on the key). it is common for the P.O. to remove them. The cause is generally cold solder joints on the board of the gauge and the remedy is to simply solder them, there are plenty of posts and DIY's on the subject.

I used to have the same symptoms, caused by a faulty seatbelt sensor. Cleared up when I swapped my steering wheel and installed the airbag bridge adapter.

What LouZ said. Also do a search in this forum; somewhere I've seen the gauge diagrams that show all the warning lights you should see when ignition is switched to "on."

Also: buy a copy of Adrian Streather's book on the 964. Tough to find one (it's out of print I believe) but worth whatever you have to pay.

Aha! I have an aftermarket steering wheel, without the airbag.....I bet that's it. :)

Get the bridge adapter, it's about $15 iirc. 5 minute install.

Seems like the previous owner should have filled you in on why the light is on.

Good luck and have fun with your new Porsche!

I'm still going to give you a few RTFM emoticons anyway...

:rtfm: :rtfm: :rtfm:

Ask, and ye shall receive!

Since you have no airbag that is probably it and they pulled the bulb for the airbag light.

Look around and get a resister to fool the system or get the bridge plug. Then replace the bulb and reset the system.

Enjoy the new journey.

I have a 93 964 that came with a Momo steering wheel. The airbag came with the car but in a box. So if you have the same problem as I do, red ! on, all I do is hit the same button on the center counsel - you might have a red! 3rd button to the right. Just touch to button and it should go off. It's just a warning light so when you hit the button, off it goes. Do this after the car is started.

Hope that helps - good luck!

David

Thanks mvboy, that's what have been doing....no harm, no foul.