for those people who don't think emissions tests are useful Judy

gpsman

Wow... you really seem to like jumping in my poo, don't you? For the record, the first thing I did after purchasing the car was to have all the belts and hoses replaced, along with the timing belt rollers and water pump. (those of you familiar with 944s should understand why this was done.) I also replaced the fuel filter myself at that time, as well as poocanning the K&N that the PO had installed for a proper paper filter. After driving the car for a while I noticed a tendency for it to heat up in traffic, so I took it to another shop (not that I had a problem with the first shop; in the time it took to discover the problem I'd located a shop that specialized in Porsches and buttumed that it would be better to have them check it out) and had them replace the radiator and fan thermoswitch.

Of course, you'll probably argue that neither I nor the two shops that were working on it were competent.

Actually a few months ago I replaced the front brake hoses, lubed all the brake hardware, flushed all the hydraulics (brake and clutch) and repacked the front wheel bearings. I've also replaced the CV axles as well. (there's a story in there, which is still ongoing.) I've also gone through and systematically fixed all the electrical issues with the car with the exception of one tag light (which I will fix later today, now that I have a new one - the ground tab was broken off the old one - PO soldered the wires to the housing - and the light disintegrated when I tried to replace the bulb when it finally burned out) and the nonfunctional cruise control (haven't figured that one out yet; suspect a cold solder joint in the "tempostat" unit itself.) Also have installed a relay harness and E-codes. Also installed a LED light kit for the dash illumination as the "light guides" were shot. Also repaired the speedo myself as the odo gear was stripped when I got the car. Also replaced the PO-installed "short shift" kit which had been damaged by installing a too-long bolt into the Heim joint (not the PO's fault, he used the bolt that Autothority supplied with the kit.) Also repaired the power front seat where the PO morked up the wiring when he installed new seat covers. I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head, you should get the idea. In fact, quite possibly the only thing that you could possibly accuse me of neglecting *is* the spark plugs, but why would I pull them when a) the car ran fine and b) the previous owner told me he'd just replaced them (and gave me the old ones in a box of spare parts, as well...) The fact that you even accuse me of neglect is amusing, as people that know me make jokes about how anal retentive I am when it comes to auto maintenance - I'm not happy unless I feel like I am 100% confident in my machinery, and I am constantly ripping stuff apart that bothers me because it doesn't seem quite right, no matter how minor. For example, later today I will probably be installing the alternator cooling duct, because it bothers me that a PO lost it when (presumably) replacing the alternator. Never mind that tons of 944 owners probably don't even know there's supposed to be one there, it came with one from the factory and I managed to find all the missing parts, so on it goes.

The bearings, as you'd know if you weren't just posting to be a jerk, have nothing to do with how the car runs. There's a known issue with the bottom end bearings on the 944, having to do with how the crank is drilled. (high RPM actually forces oil away from the bearings instead of into them.) The real fix is to have the crank redrilled while rebuilding the engine, but since the top end and rings seem good, there's no need to do that on this car. The only indication I have that there even may be a problem is a little "flick" of the oil pressure gauge when going from closed to open throttle at low RPM. I have replaced engine bearings in the car on other vehicles before, and that has never required removing anything more significant than a tie rod or some such. (of course, none of those vehicles were Porsches...)

It'd probably be fine so long as I didn't beat on it for another 100K miles or so, but little things like that bother me.

yeah, whatever. FOAD, butthole. The whole point of my post (besides to needle Judy and others that claim that emissions tests are unnecessary, and to get jerks like you to respond) was to point out that a seemingly good-running car can have problems that are not evident until an emissions test is performed, *even* to a sensitive owner and at least two repair shops, and that people that unpleasant woman about the hbuttle of having to spend $12 and a half hour of their time on the testing should STFU and think about what the test can tell them about the condition and state of tune of their car.

But of course, since you disagree with me on other issues, you just have to be an butthole. That's OK by me, it just shows me exactly what kind of a person you are.

nate

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