Porsche Owners Thread - If you own one or just like or hate them! :)
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Caporegime
Wishing you boys some luck because it's in damn short supply at the minute!
Soldato
Soldato
I think I might have had some finally... was a hose clip that had failed so straightforward fix. Also identified the drive belt tensioner needed replacing which hopefully will avoid any expensive failures going forwards.
Anyway, I was extremely lucky to have the Finesse for a day!
Soldato
Hopefully a daft question but I'm stuck. I have a USB stick with MP3s and PCM 3.1 plays them in alphabetical order. I thought the files might be missing track numbers or the mp3 could be incorrectly tagged but both are spot on.
How do I get the MP3s played in Album order?
How do I get the MP3s played in Album order?
Caporegime
I never managed it. The system is possessed as far as I can tell.
Soldato
I wouldn't mind so much if it would just remember that my phone was connected last drive and automatically connect when I start the car.
Caporegime
Yup, had the same issue with that too!
Honestly, tried everything with the track orders and it just never worked.
BMWs worked flawlessly as does the mustang.
Soldato
Based on my previous experience with CarPlay I'd agree, I will likely want to put Porsche Warranty on the car later on this year and don't want to give them any excuse to reject the car, however unlikely.
Soldato
Wow, makes my Mr12Volt Heath Robinson job on PCM 2.1 look amazing. That remembers my phone and resumes playlists!
One of the Porsche dealerships told me that I’d need to remove the Parrot Bluetooth adaptor before they would consider warrantying the car
One of the Porsche dealerships told me that I’d need to remove the Parrot Bluetooth adaptor before they would consider warrantying the car
Porsche Leicester have had a look at my car and concluded it is the Oil Air Separator thats failed so its going to get changed along with a few hoses to the turbos that were found to have oil in. Parts ordered and should be done by end of next week due to volumes.
Fingers and toes crossed this finally fixes the issue!
Fingers and toes crossed this finally fixes the issue!
Was yours the one trying to send smoke signals?
Hi there
So I decided to refit the factory exhaust (service coming up), now I decided to do this the longest way possible, essentially removing everything, may take longer but means I have far more room to work with and as such no having to wriggle things around and risking damaging anything.
Also decided to check out the air filters which seem clean enough but I suspect those will be changed at the service anyway.
Car comes apart so easily, even better news all the manifold nuts/studs came undone without any casualties as I am changing the manifolds, catalyst and entire rear section back to factory system. Manage to get the 02 sensors from passenger side off, but drivers side are more stubborn, so taking those to local garage who will have better tools and can wizz them off for me. But the entire system is removed, the factory manifolds and catalyst are fitted.
Left to do is fit the 02 sensors to drivers side and then refit the catback section and then refit all heatshields and bumper and job be done. Also the tools required to dismantle the car was literally around 3-4 tools, very well thought out and easy to work on.
So I decided to refit the factory exhaust (service coming up), now I decided to do this the longest way possible, essentially removing everything, may take longer but means I have far more room to work with and as such no having to wriggle things around and risking damaging anything.
Also decided to check out the air filters which seem clean enough but I suspect those will be changed at the service anyway.
Car comes apart so easily, even better news all the manifold nuts/studs came undone without any casualties as I am changing the manifolds, catalyst and entire rear section back to factory system. Manage to get the 02 sensors from passenger side off, but drivers side are more stubborn, so taking those to local garage who will have better tools and can wizz them off for me. But the entire system is removed, the factory manifolds and catalyst are fitted.
Left to do is fit the 02 sensors to drivers side and then refit the catback section and then refit all heatshields and bumper and job be done. Also the tools required to dismantle the car was literally around 3-4 tools, very well thought out and easy to work on.
Indeed, I shall be leaving the stock system fitted for a while anyway as I want to get some track days booked and as regular track days are £130-£300 is far cheaper than £550-£750 for unsilenced days, hopefully the stock system will pass the noise test and Donnington and Oulton Park, would hope so as seen plenty of other GT3's stock running without issue.
Caporegime
This is something that so many people fail to realise sometimes. It's not the volume, it's the tone.
In fairness the IPE does have amazing tone even though it’s loud, why it’s one of the more popular systems but I’m glad I did not pay the £7000 for it, but it does sound immense but is too loud for track days which defeats owning a GT3.