New owner help, please!
#1
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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 emoticon...I would if I had one!!
Thanks.
Oh and pics with my race bike on top.
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 emoticon...I would if I had one!!
Thanks.
Oh and pics with my race bike on top.
#2
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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 emoticon...I would if I had one!!
Thanks.
Oh and pics with my race bike on top.
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 emoticon...I would if I had one!!
Thanks.
Oh and pics with my race bike on top.
Also congrats, welcome and you definitely lucked out with the Aero mirrors..
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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.
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.
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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.
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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!
I feel like we are on 20 questions...lol!
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#8
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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?
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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?
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?
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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.
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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.
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.
Last edited by Richard Curtis; 06-24-2014 at 07:17 PM. Reason: adding Streather book info
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