Advice re creaky clutch

[Chris944]

I need advice dear 996 owners. My gen 1 996 C4 has just had a 48,000 mile-class major service (at c78,000 miles) and the advisory notes have gems such as;

- Rear main oil seal leaking
- Clutch creaking
- Front drive shaft seals leaking
- O/S F shock absorber slightly corroded & bump stop torn
- N/S F shock absorber creaking/corroded
- Both A.C condensers leaking
- Bank 1 cam cover leaking slightly
- Rear brake disks corroded on inner faces (pads have 6k left approximately)

Oh gosh, I thought, I have to have the clutch replaced and rear main oil seal fixed at once. It means engine-out and big bucks. Gulp. Cancel London - Berlin trip.

But do I have to have the clutch replaced at once? What does a creaking clutch mean?

And there are no oil leak signs on the garage floor underneath the car. So I'm a bit puzzled. What should I do?

Any suggestions will be gratefully and attentively received.

Chris.

Edited by Chris944 on Thursday 18th August 16:11

[Mousem40]

Sounds like an OPC service and advisory notes to me.
You can pretty much ignore most if not all of it. Take it to an Indy and get a second opinion

[996GT2]

Mousem40 said:

Sounds like an OPC service and advisory notes to me.
You can pretty much ignore most if not all of it. Take it to an Indy and get a second opinion

+1

My clutch pedal creaked in my gen 1 996, think the solution was a bit of grease on a spring (helper spring??)

[KAL]

996GT2 said:

Mousem40 said:

Sounds like an OPC service and advisory notes to me.
You can pretty much ignore most if not all of it. Take it to an Indy and get a second opinion

+1

My clutch pedal creaked in my gen 1 996, think the solution was a bit of grease on a spring (helper spring??)

Mine also creaks I just turn the radio up it works for me but as above it probably just needs a little grease

[jakesmith]

CLutch creaked on my 986. JZM said it was a pig of a job to get the mechanism open to grease it. Think it went away in end

[was8v]

It is very common, there is an updated clutch release arm that fixes the problem.

http://www.design911.co.uk//fu/prod12760/Porsche-C...

Fit one when you change the clutch, in the meantime turn the radio up.

[Chris944]

Thank you one and all. Not an emergency then.