Hello Rennlist,

This is my first post. I have been learning a lot about my car from reading all of the threads on here.

I got my 05 C2S (first Porsche for me ) back in November and have been loving it except for the fact that it progressively got worse to the point that it wouldn't start when hot.

After a new starter cable, starter, and battery, I have finally found the culprit.

New +Battery Lead and the pin that it connects to in the power distributor have officially cured my Porsche! I no longer have to worry about stopping for a fill up!

This seems to be a known issue as there are repair kits from Porsche for them but it was a little hard to find any info about it.

Here are the part #'s and a picture of the old "current bolt"

997 610 916 00 - Current Bolt R-Kit

997 612 908 01 - R-Kit Cable Loom

The new bolt is threaded on both ends and seems to be a much better solution than the quick disconnect that was on it originally.

Now to move on to the PASM failure that came up after 3 months with my brand new B16 Damptronics. Computer is telling me that I have 3 bad shock valves. I refuse to believe this considering that they are new. Any thoughts on this one?

 

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.

 

Got my starter out and it tested fine although the Indy mentioned that they don’t have a way to test it hot obviously. Going to rebuild the starter and grab the cable. Kill all the birds!


- Edit -

I'm having second thoughts on replacing the cable. The boot and everything looks perfect. I may stick with just the starter replacement. Thoughts?