J_Hale
New member
Hello Everyone,
A week into 981 ownership and it's already been to the OPC for a repair!
Quite obvious given the title of the post but wasnt easy for me to find a post from the symptoms I'll describe.
Saturday on a drive back home while slow rolling on the PDK in traffic a sudden appearance of a shudder like the engine was going to stall. Followed by a really uneasy idle with rev hunting and 1st & 2nd gear changes were rough with shudders. As I was on a newly laid (chuck gravel down) road at first I thought the PDK crawl was just struggling with the surface. Once into 3rd and slightly higher speed it all but disappeared. There were no error messages on the dash and after 5 mins of queued traffic I managed to turn into a side street. Switching the car off and on again it started fine, no rev hunting and I finished driving home with no issues.
So, a few hours later just as we were going to go out for dinner... Upon start up, que the rough start up followed by a clear misfire and PCM and Engine Management lights. Porsche assistance were called and once he arrived the misfire was confirmed on start up (obviously...) however there were no dash lights and once they plugged the computer in it was showing no error codes. Recovered/ hire car sorted Sunday and then monday it was delivered fo Silverstone Porsche Centre.
Given the symptoms and forum post searches I was 90% sure it was going to be something ignition related, Coil Packs or Spark Plugs but after a call from Silverstone Tuesday they diagnosed it as the Valve Lift Solenoid.
It turns out that on 981 Caymans this can be a common issue to look out for if it's not been run for many miles per year. I can confirm Porsche have said it wouldn't be found by a 111 point extended warranty check. So may catch a few low mileage used buyers out there regardless of their private or dealer purchase.
By today it was all fixed for me under warranty I dont have a job sheet for part + labour but its another shout out for the extended warranty. Service at Silverstone was excellent.
Apologies for the long read but hopefully this can be lost in the forum ether and anyone worrying over/ searching for the same (kind of dramatic) symptoms, coil packs, spark plugs or valve lift solenoids can find solace in my experience.
Hopefully my next post will be something more positive!
A week into 981 ownership and it's already been to the OPC for a repair!
Quite obvious given the title of the post but wasnt easy for me to find a post from the symptoms I'll describe.
Saturday on a drive back home while slow rolling on the PDK in traffic a sudden appearance of a shudder like the engine was going to stall. Followed by a really uneasy idle with rev hunting and 1st & 2nd gear changes were rough with shudders. As I was on a newly laid (chuck gravel down) road at first I thought the PDK crawl was just struggling with the surface. Once into 3rd and slightly higher speed it all but disappeared. There were no error messages on the dash and after 5 mins of queued traffic I managed to turn into a side street. Switching the car off and on again it started fine, no rev hunting and I finished driving home with no issues.
So, a few hours later just as we were going to go out for dinner... Upon start up, que the rough start up followed by a clear misfire and PCM and Engine Management lights. Porsche assistance were called and once he arrived the misfire was confirmed on start up (obviously...) however there were no dash lights and once they plugged the computer in it was showing no error codes. Recovered/ hire car sorted Sunday and then monday it was delivered fo Silverstone Porsche Centre.
Given the symptoms and forum post searches I was 90% sure it was going to be something ignition related, Coil Packs or Spark Plugs but after a call from Silverstone Tuesday they diagnosed it as the Valve Lift Solenoid.
It turns out that on 981 Caymans this can be a common issue to look out for if it's not been run for many miles per year. I can confirm Porsche have said it wouldn't be found by a 111 point extended warranty check. So may catch a few low mileage used buyers out there regardless of their private or dealer purchase.
By today it was all fixed for me under warranty I dont have a job sheet for part + labour but its another shout out for the extended warranty. Service at Silverstone was excellent.
Apologies for the long read but hopefully this can be lost in the forum ether and anyone worrying over/ searching for the same (kind of dramatic) symptoms, coil packs, spark plugs or valve lift solenoids can find solace in my experience.
Hopefully my next post will be something more positive!
