Since I posted an update in late Nov, the car's been back at the dealer I bought it from (for nearly 3 weeks - don't ask) and also been to Northway Porsche near Reading to have some of the bits fixed.
I thought I would do an update in case anyone had a similar issue/s.
Rattle
After driving it quite a bit, I realised that I could make the rattle appear at certain RPMs with the clutch in or out - not the gearbox - phew. The symptoms were metallic vibration noise when decelerating down from about 3000 - 1500rpm with gear engaged. Same noise when revving and revs dropping between around 2400 - 2000 rpm
Northway diagnosed it as some loose baffles in the driver's side exhaust muffler and is not really a big problem at all :thumbs:
Brake lines
These definitely needed changing so now I have a new set of rear brake lines, including the one which needed the gearbox out - I changed my clutch too. They said it's pretty rare for these brake lines to corrode but it might be worth anyone with 'seaside' cars just having a quick look over theirs, just in case.
I also got my coolant crossover pipes changed too
All in all, quite a bit of work for a relatively new (to me) car. The dealer got quite a bit of work done on it before I bought it to so for now I'm happy I've got a relatively sorted car and hopefully that will be it for a while!
Northway were great, really happy to talk and show you around the car and had time to talk on the phone as well. They also picked up some extra work for me too. I would definitely recommend them
I thought I would do an update in case anyone had a similar issue/s.
Rattle
After driving it quite a bit, I realised that I could make the rattle appear at certain RPMs with the clutch in or out - not the gearbox - phew. The symptoms were metallic vibration noise when decelerating down from about 3000 - 1500rpm with gear engaged. Same noise when revving and revs dropping between around 2400 - 2000 rpm
Northway diagnosed it as some loose baffles in the driver's side exhaust muffler and is not really a big problem at all :thumbs:
Brake lines
These definitely needed changing so now I have a new set of rear brake lines, including the one which needed the gearbox out - I changed my clutch too. They said it's pretty rare for these brake lines to corrode but it might be worth anyone with 'seaside' cars just having a quick look over theirs, just in case.
I also got my coolant crossover pipes changed too
All in all, quite a bit of work for a relatively new (to me) car. The dealer got quite a bit of work done on it before I bought it to so for now I'm happy I've got a relatively sorted car and hopefully that will be it for a while!
Northway were great, really happy to talk and show you around the car and had time to talk on the phone as well. They also picked up some extra work for me too. I would definitely recommend them
