996 turbo fluid?
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Anyone know what the fluid is under the cover to the left-hand side of the battery cover? It says mineral oil only on the label. There is no referance to it in the owners manual.
Only mine stared spurting out of the over-flow hole in the top. I took the top off and it's dirty and full to the brim. Any ideas it's just started doing it?
Steve, 996TT
Only mine stared spurting out of the over-flow hole in the top. I took the top off and it's dirty and full to the brim. Any ideas it's just started doing it?
Steve, 996TT
t urbo said:
steve,
as you look at the car from the front the cap on the left is your brake fluid and has a yellow top and the cap on the right side is the washer fluid and has a blue top. It maybe leaking out due to heat expansion if it is too full.
Nope it's not the brake fluid. It's under a triangle sort of cover on the left-hand side in-line with the battery near the bulk-head. I don't think it's suposed to be user accessed as the cover is screwed on rather than clipped.
Any other idea's?
Don said:
Why not phone your OPC? I have found that their service departments can offer excellent telephone based "technical support"...at no charge.
Don, if possible I would like to know what I'm talking about before I speak to my OPC. That way you can have a sensible conversation and not get ripped-off. I've really not had a very good experience with my OPC to date. Both in terms of trying to rip me off and damaging the car when it's in for work. Trouble is I've still got an OM warranty so don't have much of a choice where I take it.
Steve, 996TT
Don said:
Why not phone your OPC? I have found that their service departments can offer excellent telephone based "technical support"...at no charge.
Don, if possible I would like to know what I'm talking about before I speak to my OPC. That way you can have a sensible conversation and not get ripped-off. I've really not had a very good experience with my OPC to date. Both in terms of trying to rip me off and damaging the car when it's in for work. Trouble is I've still got an OM warranty so don't have much of a choice where I take it.
Steve, 996TT
Don't know the 996tt, but it could be your clutch fluid container - this uses mineral oil (Pentosin on the 993tt). Why the hell it would be overflowing I don't know - are none of the car's functions misbehaving or feeling abnormal in operation?
On the 993tt, the clutch is power assisted from the central hydraulic system, so feasibly a system failure could lead to hydraulic oil from the main system at the rear making it's way back to the diddy little oil container at the front and overflowing it, but I don't know if the 996tt uses the same power assistance system.
At risk of stating the bleeding obvious, does the handbook not identify what this container is for?
On the 993tt, the clutch is power assisted from the central hydraulic system, so feasibly a system failure could lead to hydraulic oil from the main system at the rear making it's way back to the diddy little oil container at the front and overflowing it, but I don't know if the 996tt uses the same power assistance system.
At risk of stating the bleeding obvious, does the handbook not identify what this container is for?
996 turbo said:
Nope, not that I can see - the clutch fluid is in the rear. perhaps it's front diff top-up?
I'm surprised that the clutch fluid container is at the rear as the PET diagrams (for a 2001 996tt) show it near to the master cylinder which is down in the pedal box. On a 2001 996tt, the clutch fluid container is a diddy little cylinder in the front with part no. 993 423 417 00.
Will have a quick look at the diff drawings.
Steve,
Sorry mate i didnt read your post properly.
The container you are talking about is the hydraulic clutch reservoir. If this container is full to the brim when the engine is running i would drain a small amount down to the max mark, and keep an eye on its level over the next couple hundred miles.
The container in the rear is for both power steering and clutch, and this level should be checked cold.
The clutch system works as a two part system.
The reservoir in the rear helps with the power assistance of the clutch(makes it easy to depress).The reservoir in the front is for the hydraulic actuation of the cluth plate.
Oh and they both use the same fluid for topping up. Pentosin CHF 11 S.
>> Edited by t urbo on Monday 7th February 15:33
Sorry mate i didnt read your post properly.
The container you are talking about is the hydraulic clutch reservoir. If this container is full to the brim when the engine is running i would drain a small amount down to the max mark, and keep an eye on its level over the next couple hundred miles.
The container in the rear is for both power steering and clutch, and this level should be checked cold.
The clutch system works as a two part system.
The reservoir in the rear helps with the power assistance of the clutch(makes it easy to depress).The reservoir in the front is for the hydraulic actuation of the cluth plate.
Oh and they both use the same fluid for topping up. Pentosin CHF 11 S.
>> Edited by t urbo on Monday 7th February 15:33
Thanks, all.
It's been in to my OPC today to have it's thermostat replaced (see previous thread) and they said the level was high so they removed some fluid. I asked them why it was so full and they had no explaination. I'll keep a close eye on it for the next few hundred miles, I'm not convinced that's the end of it - watch this space.
Cheers, Steve, 996TT
BTW: it was the secondary clutch as t urbo described.
>> Edited by 996 turbo on Tuesday 8th February 19:07
It's been in to my OPC today to have it's thermostat replaced (see previous thread) and they said the level was high so they removed some fluid. I asked them why it was so full and they had no explaination. I'll keep a close eye on it for the next few hundred miles, I'm not convinced that's the end of it - watch this space.
Cheers, Steve, 996TT
BTW: it was the secondary clutch as t urbo described.
>> Edited by 996 turbo on Tuesday 8th February 19:07
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