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Old 06-05-2009, 05:51 PM
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Default Had my first real 993 problem

In 2 years with 2 993's nothing has gone wrong with either. Well, I've had to replace 3 set of tires, & of course do maintaince.

In my 95 C4 just this last week my HVAC has been acting up. It will not blow air out of the vents unless the heat is all the way on full. We have had weather in the 85+ deg all week. No very comfortable. After reading the archives, it looked like my CCU was going out. Having 2 993's here really helped me out. I swapped the one from my C4 to Scarlet, well, everything worked there, back in the C4, same problem.

Back to the archives, oh, there is a servo that gets stuck. This time, I pulled out my Durmetric computer on the car, I get a code "24 fresh air something" Oh, it's the servo motor, or it's stuck. After pulling it out, cleaning it & putting it back in. yes in fact the fresh air servo motor was bad.

My local finest wants $377 for a new one, that's wholesale!!! Of course it's out of stock & will take a week to get here. What to do, I need some dam fresh air!!

Well, I removed the servo, opened it up, switched it over to the open position, & put it back in. Now I have AC, warm air, & most of all, the vents blow air!!!

Total cost...

$0, just a hour working on the car, & about 20min going through the archives!! I'll get the part from pelician, or some other cheaper place.
Old 06-05-2009, 05:56 PM
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Old 06-05-2009, 05:57 PM
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Cool!

Your best bet might be Oklahoma Foreign or other used sources. That thing isn't cheap anywhere...
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Jolly good job old chap!
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Originally Posted by TRINITONY
^pics or Ban!
LOL from the weezing fan archive




Originally Posted by MarkD
Cool!

Your best bet might be Oklahoma Foreign or other used sources. That thing isn't cheap anywhere...
Might have to check them out Pelican wants $264 for it.
The part # 993-624-325-00-M100
Old 06-05-2009, 06:11 PM
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Yeah...Mine went a few years back. I just keep the recirculate button pushed in. Seems to work okay.
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Originally Posted by Matt Davies
Yeah...Mine went a few years back. I just keep the recirculate button pushed in. Seems to work okay.
That didn't work on mine. I could hear the fan, but nothing would come out of the vents.

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Old 06-05-2009, 06:16 PM
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There's been a couple of 993's being parted out here lately. One of the guys is here in Portland & the other is ViperBob I think, you should check with them first.
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Originally Posted by Stealth 993
That didn't work on mine. I couple hear the fan, but nothing would come out of the vents.
Hm. Even w/ the recirc button pushed? I removed my fresh air flap servo, saw it was fried, and just manually closed the flap. One day I'll get around to replacing it, but it's not been a problem.

Maybe you have some other issue. I had some stuck flaps in the footwell once. If you hit them hard in the right place they start working again!
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Mike, Did you call Sunset Imports? What did they want for the servo?
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Originally Posted by Sooner
There's been a couple of 993's being parted out here lately. One of the guys is here in Portland & the other is ViperBob I think, you should check with them first.
Yea, but I'm not sure this is a part I would want used. It may work, it may not. Or it may work for a week.

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Hm. Even w/ the recirc button pushed? I removed my fresh air flap servo, saw it was fried, and just manually closed the flap. One day I'll get around to replacing it, but it's not been a problem.

Maybe you have some other issue. I had some stuck flaps in the footwell once. If you hit them hard in the right place they start working again!
It would only blow when on full hot. Other then that it would just make noise & no air. Maybe I never just hit the recerc button, with out hitting another one? I did so many different test. It was over 90deg out, with me in direct sunlight. I was dripping sweet while working.

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Mike, Did you call Sunset Imports? What did they want for the servo?
No, not yet. Funny thing is, Larson was almost $100 less then Barrier. I'm not going to worry about it for a little bit. The car is working fine, maybe in the fall when I don't want cold air to enter the car.
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Summer, windows down, winter windows up, problem solved except when it rains . . .

In a past 951, I had a fan switch (when it got hot outside) that would only work on high (4). $480 for the new module, I got use to off and high in the summer . . .

Just finished 3-days NNJR PCA DE event (what a blast and well run), overheard in the paddock, this DE stuff is like crack cocaine, I said no it is not, crack is cheaper!



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