Originally Posted by
adigra
Ha, taken out of context that quote does seem absurd! I wasn't even born when they were originally created. I designed their modern incarnations in their respective movies (but I suspect people here knew what I meant). I did actually co-create, with the writer, a couple of the main characters in Iron Man 3, but they were killed off in the movie, so that was that... no royalties for me.
The 930 has been with a specialist the past couple of weeks and he has found the cause for the fuelling problems. It's a number of interconnected issues all of which started at some point in the past when the overboost relay (which does a number of things, including cutting fuel pumps when the throttle is closed) either malfunctioned or was replaced by a normal relay, which allowed the car to run when it shouldn't, causing a part within the K-Jetronic system to overheat, melt a plastic spacer, which knocked the air metering flap out of position allowing for constant vapour lock to form, which subsequent mechanics tried to compensate for by timing and fuel mixture adjustments. It was actually quite hidden, but once he dug into the K-jet unit, the issues were quite clear to see. All fixed now and I should be picking it up after some testing later this week. It was an issue way beyond the skill level of PCL, but in fairness, looking through the records, it was beyond Porsche Reading and a number of well known specialists as well over the 4 years the previous owner had tried to fix the starting issues.
The 997 is at PCL and they are moving pretty swiftly with it. The broken oil filler bracket has been replaced, the slave cylinder was being fitted yesterday, the dented plaque on the air box has been sent off to a bodyshop (conditional that it will look as new, or be completely replaced). They still need to ascertain how to clean out all of the clutch fluid which has been leaking, and have to investigate the fan issue. So not out of the woods yet.
I know I went a bit crazy, quite literally, at the start of this thread. It's hard to see through the woods while you're going through it, but it was amazing how dramatically my outlook changed once I had retrieved the 930. The whole situation has been quite absurd, and while I've heard bad stories about main dealers, I never expected anything close to this, and certainly not it taking six months (9 if you count my previous visits to ask them to fix the fluid leak).