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Tomorrow is the big day - first restart after a year.[list=1][*]Used my Airlift to vacuum fill the cooling system (held 25 on the gauge for 10 minutes before I started the vacuum refill).[*]Refilled the crankcase with BR30 that I'll run for 100 miles. [*]Reconnected the battery - no sparks from behind the alternator from the extension cable I made[*]No static oil leaks or coolant leaks[*]Reconnected the vacuum lines to the valvetronic exhaust valves[*]Reconnected the pre and post cat O2 semsors
Replaced my engine mounts today. I had noticed my exhaust tips were seriously sagging and some of my shifts weren't as smooth as I would've expected. This is my first porsche so I wasn't exactly sure how the shifting would feel, but it nevertheless felt rougher than it should've been. There's a chance I'm not shifting right.. but i choose to ignore that possibility
Decided to just use stock OEM ones versus the semi-solid or solid versions since this is my daily. The process was pretty easy (jack up engine. remove air box. for each mount, one 18mm nut on bottom that required a deep socket, 2 x 13mm bolts up top) minus some idiocy on my part (more on that later). After removing the old mounts, you can see how much more the old (left) were stretched out compared to the new (right).
Everything went pretty smoothly until I accidentally sheared off a bolt. Apparently when I hand tightened it, it went beyond what I had set my torque wrench to, and so I ended over torquing and breaking it. Not the smartest thing I've ever done, I admit. Anyway, removing the sheared bolt wasn't actually the problem, that was easy as I had an extractor set and left hand drill bits. Just put a left hand bit in, and it backed right out pretty easily. Problem was, almost all of the hardware and auto shops in my area apparently did not stock the bolt I needed (M8 40mm). I was literally at the last remaining auto store I knew of, and I found one (of two remaining) sets of 4 bolts I needed. They happened to be stronger bolts (class 10.9 instead of 8.8), but I was perfectly fine with that. Pretty sure I spent more time driving around looking for the bolt than actually doing the work itself. Left is the sheared bolt, middle is an original bolt, right is the new bolt. I also decided to just replace all the bolts at this point, because why not?
Anyway, long story short is that the new mounts are awesome. The shifts are way smoother and my car shakes way less. I honestly didn't even realize my car wasn't supposed to be shaking like that. Easy job for anyone to do, just don't be dumb like me!
Replaced my engine mounts today. I had noticed my exhaust tips were seriously sagging and some of my shifts weren't as smooth as I would've expected. This is my first porsche so I wasn't exactly sure how the shifting would feel, but it nevertheless felt rougher than it should've been. There's a chance I'm not shifting right.. but i choose to ignore that possibility
Decided to just use stock OEM ones versus the semi-solid or solid versions since this is my daily. The process was pretty easy (jack up engine. remove air box. for each mount, one 18mm nut on bottom that required a deep socket, 2 x 13mm bolts up top) minus some idiocy on my part (more on that later). After removing the old mounts, you can see how much more the old (left) were stretched out compared to the new (right).
Everything went pretty smoothly until I accidentally sheared off a bolt. Apparently when I hand tightened it, it went beyond what I had set my torque wrench to, and so I ended over torquing and breaking it. Not the smartest thing I've ever done, I admit. Anyway, removing the sheared bolt wasn't actually the problem, that was easy as I had an extractor set and left hand drill bits. Just put a left hand bit in, and it backed right out pretty easily. Problem was, almost all of the hardware and auto shops in my area apparently did not stock the bolt I needed (M8 40mm). I was literally at the last remaining auto store I knew of, and I found one (of two remaining) sets of 4 bolts I needed. They happened to be stronger bolts (class 10.9 instead of 8.8), but I was perfectly fine with that. Pretty sure I spent more time driving around looking for the bolt than actually doing the work itself. Left is the sheared bolt, middle is an original bolt, right is the new bolt. I also decided to just replace all the bolts at this point, because why not?
Anyway, long story short is that the new mounts are awesome. The shifts are way smoother and my car shakes way less. I honestly didn't even realize my car wasn't supposed to be shaking like that. Easy job for anyone to do, just don't be dumb like me!
Congrats on getting this done. Just chiming in here to comment on the photo of the bolts. Note the slot in the one bolt. We did this for maintenance bolts that needed to be removed frequently for changing out cutting devices that required frequent sharpening. If the bolt breaks it can still be removed easily by accessing it with a screwdriver from behind. This is an easy mod where applicable.
new to the forum, bought a 06 c2s last year. had the dsc and rear links with sway bars done when i got it. love the mod. have my shopping list of mods to come all planned out, but for today
installed BMC filter and am now staring at the wevo mounts ill install tomorrow
It's filthy, but it runs! Didn't have a chance to drive it yet as I still had to get all the tools off the lift, get the underbelly trays and bumper back on, but manometer reading is around 5, fuel trims are adapting themselves to get back to 1.000000, no misfires, and no leaks.
Just drove the car. No misfires, fuel trims being maintained right at 1.000 with slight fluctuations up and down as driving changes. Car runs perfectly smooth and strong. Didn't want to really kill it with the lighter BR30 oil in it so only took it up to 4,500/5,000 rpm. New oil pressure sender is working accurately too. Manometer reading was around 5. Good enough considering the smoke test shows no leaks, the AOS is new, and I know I have some blowby, at least in #6.
Even though I replaced all the chain tensioners and the variocam solenoids, my Bank 1 camshaft deviation is till about 3 numbers different from the bank 2 one. Bank 1 is -4.8 and bank 2 is -1.5 or so. Oh well, guess that's the way its going to be.
Didn't even notice the stiffer transmission mounts I installed, so that's great too.
Car is finally off the lift for the first time since March. Now it needs a bath.
My '06 C2S is now at 196K and every once in I while I have to chase a leaky vacuum line or so. A couple of months ago I replaced the line from the vacuum pump. But lately I've been having a misfire at idle and so I hooked up the Durametric. Turned out that only cylinder five had misfires, so pulled the heat shields and replaced all of the Coils (had them waiting for the eventual engine rebuild) now everything is smooth and happy once again.
Remember, Cracks Kill
10-03-2020, 01:55 AM
