Jay's 996 Turbo Thread

Jay. · 3 Mar 2018

June 2016

After owning the car for about 6 months, I began looking for new wheel options. I personally love modifying cars, and the biggest thing you can easily do is a set of new wheels!

My original Turbo Twists are in perfect condition so they've gone into the garage for when I decide to sell the 996.

I looked at a large selection of wheels, from the BBS CH, Oz Ultraleggera, some of the options from HRE, and the Porsche range. I wanted something that looked nice, lightweight and not unreasonably expensive.

I settled on a set of Motec Nitro wheels, they're lightweight and they're also pretty rare. I've never seen another set in real life, and know of only a couple other Porsche's with them. I think they look great, but I appreciate they're not everyone's cup of tea!

Even managed to enlist the help of the girlfriend!

Finished product:

GMG · 3 Mar 2018

...very nice indeed...

HSC911 · 4 Mar 2018

GMG said:
...very nice indeed...

Girlfriend or the wheels :dont know:

What a set of pins :worship:

:thumb:

Jay. · 6 Mar 2018

HSC911 said:
GMG said:

...very nice indeed...

Click to expand...

Girlfriend or the wheels :dont know:

What a set of pins :worship:

:thumb:

:floor:

She enjoyed that comment :thumb:

Had a good blast driving it around recently, so haven't really put any time into this topic. That'll change!

Marky911 · 6 Mar 2018

Love the wheels. 8)

They suit the Turbo perfectly.

diverzeusy · 6 Mar 2018

Good write up Jay :thumb:
Keep it going, love the car and the wheels are great, even though the car is now 'modified' and worthless :floor:

Jay. · 8 Mar 2018

diverzeusy said:
Good write up Jay :thumb:
Keep it going, love the car and the wheels are great, even though the car is now 'modified' and worthless :floor:

Haha, I know right. The horror!

I've actually been quite aware of this, so I've made sure everything I've done so far is easily rectified and put back to stock.

Jay. · 8 Mar 2018

November 2016

So since the last update, very little happened with the car. It was my daily drive whilst I was working away from home, so I ended up covering a bunch of miles which on hindsight is a regret - There's very little enjoyment in covering 10k miles stuck between 0-60mph on the M6.

In November, I took the car down to the Cotswolds as a friend had just moved into his new home. I thought this would be a great opportunity to stretch the legs as I really hadn't had much enjoyment out of it during the previous few months. Unfortunately it was raining, but we still went for a careful drive anyway.

After about 10 minutes into our journey, I got what felt like 'clutch slip' when accelerating in 2nd (not particularly hard, either) and instantly a warning popped up on my CPU:

"Tiptronic Emergency Run"

The car put itself into D and was stuck in what felt like 2nd, but was showing the 4th gear light flashing. I was limited in my rev range, and I limped to my friends home. The warning looked a lot like:

Luckily, due to the rain, it was very obvious that there was a pretty serious leak coming from under the car.

Obviously I was pretty worried, I don't know how much ATF had leaked out of my box, and if it had gotten too low I was concerned it would cause some lasting damage. I called up Peter Chambers, a local specialist in the Cotswold region, and he picked the car up the following day.

Jay. · 8 Mar 2018

Peter Chambers diagnosed the leak coming from a corroded transmission oil return pipe. The fluid had leaked through the pipe, causing a low fluid level which in turn flags up the warning through the TCU.

He went ahead and replaced the corroded pipe, along with giving the other pipes a refresh with a wire brush.

I had him perform a service on the car whilst he had it there, where he spotted another oil leak which was also repaired.

I went and collected the car from Tewkesbury at the end of the month and drove it home. By the time I got home (~200 mile drive) the warning had popped up again and the car went into limp mode. My heart sank.

Fortunately the car was at home, so we got it on the lift and had a check underneath to see if we could diagnose the issue ourselves.

Initially I was worried that the 'corroded pipe' was not the initial culprit of the leak, and that maybe something else was leaking. All the remaining pipes look in good condition, and the new pipe was obviously in place, but the entire area was sodden with ATF. We cleaned it off and let the car run, shifting the transmission until we began to see a small drop of ATF fluid coming from the joint where the new oil pipe attached to the transmission box itself.

I was a little uneasy on where to go, bringing it back to Peter Chambers was quite an effort and it was coming up to Christmas where I was hoping to have use of the car. I took it to Brookspeed for a second opinion (as they're a very short drive away) and they confirmed the leak was coming from the new joint. They quoted me to fix, but suggested I talked to PC first.

I phoned PC who was incredibly professional. He arranged the enclosed trailer to pick the car up and took it away later that week. He took the pipe back off, reset it, cleaned the entire area and reattached the pipe, ensuring it was done up properly. His hypothesis was that the pipe had turned slightly on reinstallation which was all that was required for the leak to begin again. He opened the bottom of the transmission, replaced the TCU and Torque Converter for good measure, filled the system back up with ATF and phoned me up to say the car was again ready to be picked up.

I collected the car in the first week of January with a heavily reduced bill, a fully refreshed transmission system and (hopefully) no more ATF leaks!

Happy to report that 10k miles later, the area is still bone dry :thumb:

deMort · 8 Mar 2018

I feel for you AND the garage .. i know from experince that no matter how much you test something it will only ever go wrong on the customer .

Murphy hates mechanics ( murphys law ) .

A good relationship with your garage is the best i can advise .. good garages dont seem to be that common from reading the forums here .. and trust me it helps both partys no end .

Old mechanic being honest

Jay. · 9 Mar 2018

Demort said:
I feel for you AND the garage .. i know from experince that no matter how much you test something it will only ever go wrong on the customer .

Murphy hates mechanics ( murphys law ) .

A good relationship with your garage is the best i can advise .. good garages dont seem to be that common from reading the forums here .. and trust me it helps both partys no end .

Old mechanic being honest

I agree, I found it awkward and wasn't really sure how to proceed - I can only be grateful that PC was incredibly professional.

maldren · 9 Mar 2018

The only way is to contact the person concerned with some understanding that things do go wrong occasionally and then you find out whether he is one of the good guys or not.

It's how people handle things that go wrong that often marks out the best in people in all walks of like.

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