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Old 05-28-2008, 02:55 PM   #6
Jaxonalden
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Health of the engine? Good question. As for the diagnostic tool, if you go to the website and click on some of the links it will show you everything that you can see and things you can do. Our 986's are a little limited compared to other Porsche auto parameters that are available. Still allot of good information though. What I like is the real time reading you get with the engine running (dah) from all the sensors along with the same information in bar graph form on the bottom of the page.
For me personally to know the health of my engine I start with a compression check (wet & dry). This will tell me the condition of the rings and valves in all cylinders. If I'm looking at a used car I check the fluids, its a great way to tell how well the car was taken care of.

Hope that's the info you were looking for.
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