infrasilver
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So the last couple of months have been a PITA regarding buying parts and fixing my 996. I'm sure a lot of this is down to it not being used as much as I used to over Winter.
The first thing that happened was a failed coil pack so I bought a full set to fit along with a set of spark plugs.
A major service.
A strip down and rebuild of the O/S headlight as the indicator stopped working and a headlight reflector came loose.
My Geo needed setting after needing a couple of new front coffin arms due to a ball joint failing its MOT.
The emissions also caused problems with the MOT but I have a work around but still had to order a new vent pipe which still needs to be fitted.
My drivers door mirror motor stopped working so I bought another motor to fix that.
My O/S door was intermittently stopping the window dropping so I had to buy a new door latch.
The car became hesitant, I think a new MAF has now cleared this.
I started the car up on Monday and I got a whirring noise from the engine and after spraying a little WD-40 behind the idler pulleys it seemed these are on their way out. For this I have bought 3 new bearings to fit rather than shell out the full £70 each for the new pulleys as they went quiet after a bit of WD.
So now to today, I noticed when I was idling in the car the cars A/C unit started flashing on and off in unison with the voltage gauge on the dash rising and falling. It was rising to around 15v for a split second and dropping back to its normal position :roll:
Any Ideas what I now need to order, any usual reasons this would happen, I was thinking maybe voltage regulator but I've never had one go so I'm unsure of the symptoms :?:
The first thing that happened was a failed coil pack so I bought a full set to fit along with a set of spark plugs.
A major service.
A strip down and rebuild of the O/S headlight as the indicator stopped working and a headlight reflector came loose.
My Geo needed setting after needing a couple of new front coffin arms due to a ball joint failing its MOT.
The emissions also caused problems with the MOT but I have a work around but still had to order a new vent pipe which still needs to be fitted.
My drivers door mirror motor stopped working so I bought another motor to fix that.
My O/S door was intermittently stopping the window dropping so I had to buy a new door latch.
The car became hesitant, I think a new MAF has now cleared this.
I started the car up on Monday and I got a whirring noise from the engine and after spraying a little WD-40 behind the idler pulleys it seemed these are on their way out. For this I have bought 3 new bearings to fit rather than shell out the full £70 each for the new pulleys as they went quiet after a bit of WD.
So now to today, I noticed when I was idling in the car the cars A/C unit started flashing on and off in unison with the voltage gauge on the dash rising and falling. It was rising to around 15v for a split second and dropping back to its normal position :roll:
Any Ideas what I now need to order, any usual reasons this would happen, I was thinking maybe voltage regulator but I've never had one go so I'm unsure of the symptoms :?: