I am really enjoying my 997 C4S.
I have, however, noticed that the cranking of the engine is becoming quite laboured - I was out in the car a couple of days ago, and stopped for petrol - when I went to start it after filling up, it seemed to really struggle to turn the engine over (worse than when cold - though it doesn’t feel like it turns over particularly freely then either) - though did manage it and it fired straight up.
I have noticed similar before (probably not to that extent), I have had the car on a CTEK maintainer…which it came off just as I took it out yesterday, so there shouldn’t be an issue with the battery.
Given it the cranking seems to get more laboured when hot, it seems to point to the issue associated to the starter power cable…which I came across when searching various forums.
I have found various articles / forum posts saying this is typical of this cable failing. I have also found articles explaining how to diy replace this cable - though looks quite involved (I have seen reference to 5 hours…).
I wondered if anyone has had the same issue / ways of diagnosing properly / anyone has replaced themselves, I would be very interested to hear comments and feedback.
Many thanks
Mark
I have, however, noticed that the cranking of the engine is becoming quite laboured - I was out in the car a couple of days ago, and stopped for petrol - when I went to start it after filling up, it seemed to really struggle to turn the engine over (worse than when cold - though it doesn’t feel like it turns over particularly freely then either) - though did manage it and it fired straight up.
I have noticed similar before (probably not to that extent), I have had the car on a CTEK maintainer…which it came off just as I took it out yesterday, so there shouldn’t be an issue with the battery.
Given it the cranking seems to get more laboured when hot, it seems to point to the issue associated to the starter power cable…which I came across when searching various forums.
I have found various articles / forum posts saying this is typical of this cable failing. I have also found articles explaining how to diy replace this cable - though looks quite involved (I have seen reference to 5 hours…).
I wondered if anyone has had the same issue / ways of diagnosing properly / anyone has replaced themselves, I would be very interested to hear comments and feedback.
Many thanks
Mark