Variocam solenoid troubles.

[Brian in Tucson]

Originally Posted by jvfante

I happened to watch recently a video which may be helpful.

If you search youtube for "Porsche IMS fix 6" and go to 6:10 in the tape, he describes a DIY tool to lock your cams. The link is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRmB53bALf8, but in case it doesn't work, do the search.

Having replaced a solenoid, in the car, I'd highly recommend doing your fix with the engine out of the car. You'll be much happier.

I'll try to include a frame grab of the tool to save you some time.

Hope this works for you.

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Thanks, Burner's videos are pretty awesome, aren't they? I'm gonna make a couple of those holders for when I "harvest" the solenoids. Probably this week. Thanks for the link. It helped. BTW, BOTH engines are out of the car!

[Brian in Tucson]

Got t he solenoid out, using a home made tool as suggested by Burner. He does make it easy to understand and it really was a piece of cake.