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well it all turned out good in the end 
to recap.. sunday, coming back from a bbq the dreaded yellow CEL light came on along with safety mode. limped over to GT-1 on monday morning, where the guys tried swapping the maff out. No Joy.
Phoned Porsche Assistance, who swiftly arranged a low-loader down to Guildford. Got a 525iD MSport for the rest of the week (zzzzz). Got the call to pick it up this morning. All covered under warranty
Turns out that a solenoid had failed (I don't know which one or any thing else about it, just that one failed - that was all that the service mgr explained).
Good news - they changed out the Spark Plugs and all the Coil Packs whilst troubleshooting
Get In There My Son !
Strangely, the Service Mgr did say that at first, they were not sure whether to do it within warranty as my car had been chipped! It HASN'T. I'ts a 54 plate, I'm the 2nd owner. I phoned the 1st owner to confirm that he hadn't done anything to the car - he confirmed that apart from basic servicing, he hadn't done a thing. Only thing I've added is an exhaust.
Going to phone Porsche back next week to confirm that the car has NOT been chipped. Weird that they said it has though. The Service Mgr said something along the lines that "one of the technicians thought it had been chipped - could tell by the performance". They can't drive too many TTs if they think mine is chipped. Might put it on a rolling road for good measure...
Still - coilpacks and sparkplugs all round. That's gonna help a LOT come service time
Might have to crack open a bottle of plonk and celebrate
to recap.. sunday, coming back from a bbq the dreaded yellow CEL light came on along with safety mode. limped over to GT-1 on monday morning, where the guys tried swapping the maff out. No Joy.
Phoned Porsche Assistance, who swiftly arranged a low-loader down to Guildford. Got a 525iD MSport for the rest of the week (zzzzz). Got the call to pick it up this morning. All covered under warranty
Turns out that a solenoid had failed (I don't know which one or any thing else about it, just that one failed - that was all that the service mgr explained).
Good news - they changed out the Spark Plugs and all the Coil Packs whilst troubleshooting
Get In There My Son !
Strangely, the Service Mgr did say that at first, they were not sure whether to do it within warranty as my car had been chipped! It HASN'T. I'ts a 54 plate, I'm the 2nd owner. I phoned the 1st owner to confirm that he hadn't done anything to the car - he confirmed that apart from basic servicing, he hadn't done a thing. Only thing I've added is an exhaust.
Going to phone Porsche back next week to confirm that the car has NOT been chipped. Weird that they said it has though. The Service Mgr said something along the lines that "one of the technicians thought it had been chipped - could tell by the performance". They can't drive too many TTs if they think mine is chipped. Might put it on a rolling road for good measure...
Still - coilpacks and sparkplugs all round. That's gonna help a LOT come service time
Might have to crack open a bottle of plonk and celebrate
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