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[ruf]

The same thing happened to me to yesterday when I took it out of hibernation. Actually a couple of days now that the weather is warming up. I wonder if the gas that's sitting in the tank for the winter month is going stale. I did use the 'stabil' gas treatment. I'm trying to drive it as much as I can to burn off the old gas and fill it up with fresh fuel. I took it out again today and the 'service engine' light stays lit. Should I be concern and take it in? It's an '02 and only has 17,000 kilometres, barely driven.

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by ruf

The same thing happened to me to yesterday when I took it out of hibernation. Actually a couple of days now that the weather is warming up. I wonder if the gas that's sitting in the tank for the winter month is going stale. I did use the 'stabil' gas treatment. I'm trying to drive it as much as I can to burn off the old gas and fill it up with fresh fuel. I took it out again today and the 'service engine' light stays lit. Should I be concern and take it in? It's an '02 and only has 17,000 kilometres, barely driven.

Hi,

Mordern Highly refined gasoline (Petrol to our Northern Brethren), is usually stable for 60 days. Add Stabil and you're good for up to 9 mos. Still, depending upon where you bought it, this could be a possible cause.

Don't try to burn it all and replace it. Several short Splash & Go's will dilute the poor fuel faster and improve the situation.

Try disconnecting the Battery for 5 min. and reconnect to reset the DME. Hope this helps...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[ruf]

Thanks as always for your wealth of knowledge MNBoxster! I'll give it a try. Waiting for the snow to melt, it snowed last night. Crazy weather and I thought when it hit 17 degrees the other day that I won't see snow again till December.

[7th gear]

my cel was on / off. local wrench kept the 986 for 3 days and couldn't get it to come on again. he said it will try to 'fault clear' itself. drove it for another 3-4 weeks and it came back & stayed that way. took to porsche dealer and got a free, warranty supported cat converter.

you really never know what a cel could be. i've been told to take your box in to an autozone which will give a free cpu scan. scribe the code and go over to rennlist.com to decode the code. from there you can maybe call your wrench/dealer and save some time.

hope it all works out ok....