[Cloud9...68]

It worked!  The idle is nice and steady now.  I would never have thought to take the ICV apart (it took me over an hour to wrestle all 8 of the tabs free) to replace the o-ring.  Thanks for the tip. That was the last thing I had to fix to get the car ready to put up for sale, although I know I have to be realistic about the size of the market for a 968 streetable track car.

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[ds968]

Great news !!!   And good info to have ( with thanks to Waylander ) for the rest of us who might experience  the same issues at some point . 

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[Waylander]

no dramas, I found out the hard way happy to share

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[tejon007]

Congratulations. It's a good feeling to diagnose and fix such problems.

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[Waylander]

I stripped and rebuilt one of our five blade fans today, as it was really stiff,

 

all good fun

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[tejon007]

I installed and broke in the cam on the rebuilt 2056 motor in the 914 ...you know, because it's September 14th (9/14)...



Mostly good fun, except the 3! trips to the auto parts store for a new fuel pump and AN fittings to address the fuel delivery issues...

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[dlearl476]

Thanks;  But the issue with my blink test isn't that the check engine light isn't coming on, it's that it doesn't blink.  When I move the key to the accessories position, the check engine light illuminates, but when I hold the throttle at the floor for 5 (or 10, 20, etc.) seconds, it never starts blinking.  I've experimented with leaving the throttle depressed for different lengths of time, and nothing makes any difference. It used to work fine, then one day decided to stop working.  I guess these are the types of gremlins you'd expect in a 30-year-old car.

Kind of like my cruise control. It works flawlessly every OTHER time I close my hood.

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[Waylander]

The cruise can be affected by all sorts of things but two most common are brake lights, and the switch and dried out paper capacitors in the control unit

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[dlearl476]

The cruise can be affected by all sorts of things but two most common are brake lights, and the switch and dried out paper capacitors in the control unit

Given that it comes and goes with a good hood slam, I suspect the switch and the capacitor.

Doesnt really matter. I hate the CC. It makes me feel Im just putting wasted miles on my car.

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[Waylander]

I have retro installed cruise, as we have so may sections of roads and motorways with "SPECS" time distance speed cameras,

its just easier to stick it at 55 or whatever on the cruise for the duration of the restrictions, because no matter how hard I try the speed just creeps up without it

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