<p>When it runs, it's fun. When it's not running it's a time and cash black hole.<br>
Google images for Porsche 924 turbo. :-) mine is an almost stock white 1981 model.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 3, 2012 3:22 PM, "Boris Borisov" <<a href="mailto:bugyatl@gmail.com">bugyatl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I would say nice toy :)<br>
<br>
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Or a hose cracks at a fitting.<br>
> I'm replacing all the vacuum lines on the toy car with thick walled silicon<br>
> ones. The Porsche intake system is hyper-sensitive to vacuum leaks.<br>
> Stranded the SWMBO once and am STILL in the doghouse for it.<br>
><br>
> On Dec 1, 2012 8:23 PM, "Boris Borisov" <<a href="mailto:bugyatl@gmail.com">bugyatl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> In today cars you have engine attached to bunch of computers not<br>
>> computer helping the engine to run.<br>
>><br>
>> Just joking :)<br>
>><br>
>> But sometimes this engine/computer ecosystem looks so fragile. You<br>
>> pull one hose and nothing works :)<br>
>><br>
>> On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE)<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com">atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Hi guys,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I just wanted to give you a quick update about an annoying experience<br>
>> > with my wife's car so you can avoid similar trouble. As I mentioned before,<br>
>> > as part of my efforts to save fuel, I was planning to install K&N high<br>
>> > performance air filters on both vehicles. Well, I'm no mechanic, but I<br>
>> > figured just snap the latches off the air box, swap the filter cartridge,<br>
>> > snap the lid back on. Even I could handle that. So, that's what I did.<br>
>> > Well, this morning, my wife reports that the car is skipping and sputtering<br>
>> > and the check engine light is on. Oh drat! I take a quick look at the air<br>
>> > filter, but everything looks fine. I swap vehicles with her and take the<br>
>> > car to the mechanic. Before I see him, I pull the fault codes from the car<br>
>> > using my OBD2 interface and my Android tablet. It was complaining about the<br>
>> > mass air flow system. So, I met the mechanic and told him what had<br>
>> > happened. It took him about 10 seconds to diagnose the problem. In the<br>
>> > process of changing the filte!<br>
>><br>
>> r,!<br>
>> > I had inadvertantly dislodged the pipe where the air leaves the filter<br>
>> > box and enters the engine. So, the car was getting completely unfiltered<br>
>> > air, and the mass air flow sensor wasn't detecting any air flow, so the<br>
>> > computer was unhappy, and it didn't know how to control the engine properly.<br>
>> > It took him another two minutes to fix the problem and he didn't even charge<br>
>> > me. Afterwards, I hooked my tablet back up and cleared the check engine<br>
>> > light and the car is happy and things are back to normal.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > So, the moral of the story is, if you change your air filter yourself,<br>
>> > don't disconnect any pipes. I'm glad we found the problem and fixed it.<br>
>> > What's a little scary is that, the only reason it caused a problem is that<br>
>> > the car is all computerized. That tells me two things. One, you ain't<br>
>> > running if the computer is unhappy. And two, if it had been a non<br>
>> > computerized car like an older carburetor driven vehicle or my old Mercedes,<br>
>> > it would have run just fine without the filter pipe attached, maybe even<br>
>> > better. I could have gone on for years with no air filter and potentially<br>
>> > damaged the engine. Well, live and learn. Hopefully, you guys can avoid<br>
>> > similar issues.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Sincerely,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Ron<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > --<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard and K-9<br>
>> > Mail.<br>
>> > Please excuse my potential brevity.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > (To whom it may concern. My email address has changed. Replying to<br>
>> > former<br>
>> > messages prior to 03/31/12 with my personal address will go to the wrong<br>
>> > address. Please send all personal correspondence to the new address.)<br>
>> ><br>
>> > (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to<br>
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>> > quickly.)<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Ron Frazier<br>
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