Erratic idle?
#16
Going all the way back to bill's first post, I have additional information that may add some information (unfortunately).
Today I was driving home and after a quick romp up to 3rd gear I just basically cruised to the next off ramp. At the base of the ramp I immediately noticed the idle was way off. The car stalled on takeoff (that's a first) and basically ran like crap at idle but okay once underway. Got the dreaded "drive car to dealer" notice and did as directed. Dealer said the readout indicates that one of the cams on the left bank is off timing! WTFO! How does one cam get off timing? We thought about it a bit and decided the most likely culprit was the variocam stuck in a higher rpm position. So the tech (20 yrs experience) is going to do some basic investigative work and call Porsche and see what they want him to do. In the mean time, I'm GT3-less and none too happy about it.
Oh well...
Today I was driving home and after a quick romp up to 3rd gear I just basically cruised to the next off ramp. At the base of the ramp I immediately noticed the idle was way off. The car stalled on takeoff (that's a first) and basically ran like crap at idle but okay once underway. Got the dreaded "drive car to dealer" notice and did as directed. Dealer said the readout indicates that one of the cams on the left bank is off timing! WTFO! How does one cam get off timing? We thought about it a bit and decided the most likely culprit was the variocam stuck in a higher rpm position. So the tech (20 yrs experience) is going to do some basic investigative work and call Porsche and see what they want him to do. In the mean time, I'm GT3-less and none too happy about it.
Oh well...
Last edited by Jim H.; 04-27-2005 at 06:28 PM.
#19
Originally Posted by HMGT3
Hey guys, I had the DME update done and I felt a significant decrease in power, I took the car back and had them change it. I was told the DME update was emissions related and since we don’t have stringent controls here I could care less.
Last edited by rockitman; 09-19-2014 at 07:25 PM.