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Old 04-07-2015, 01:57 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Box986 View Post
2000 Boxster 2.7 on 74k . . . . Car going fine then . . . Took out the battery for a couple of days to sort out tatty scuttle area. On reconnection car starts but rough idle, smells rich, misfires and cel on all the time. Drives smooth enough above the idle. Will the ecu relearn settings or is it one of those key in the ignition - leave - start jobs. Hoping it does not need Porsche dealer/indie reset. Anyone had similar issues? Thanks for reading.
Your DME needs to relearn some parameters that were lost when you took the battery out, all this will pass after a short while.
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