On my red one you jump pin 30 and pin 87a

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http://www.**********.com/ShowItem/1745%20Porsche%20Over%20Boost%20Protection%20Relay .aspx

Swiveling relay???
 

What do you mean it swivels? When it is in the socket the socket turns???

Mine flops... it's just laying there on the box tethered on by the ground wire... I have a red relay in the socket with a yellow floppy relay right next to it...

I offered up a shinny nickel and we haven't got very far...

How about some pics?

Was just a coincidence that I had the rear deck open yesterday and was looking at that yellow thingy and wondering what it was. When I was looking at it I kinda moved it around and was suprised at how "loose" it seemed to be in there. So loose that I wondered if it was seated properly. The car is put away in the storage facility for the week but if I recall the yellow relay was sitting vertically towards the bumper end of the box and possibly in a round hole which seemed odd since the relay itself is square.

I did not screw around with it too much for fear of making an OK situation a bad situation. I just accepted it for what it was. Thanks to this thread I now know what it is, what it does, and that the cover to this electrical area is MIA. Wonder how risky that is with water and such flying around?

No worries, already ordered the new cover from our host.

Here's a few pics that might shed some light..

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1205803467.gif
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1205803490.gif
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1205803508.gif
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1205803519.gif

That was my car without the engine one time. It feels better now...


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1205804086.jpg

My relay area looks just like that. The overboost relay is vertical in the same spot. No cover in your engine bay either.

I have it, I just don't use it very often.

Want to part with it?

Swiveling relay
 

I have the same question. Any insight on whether the yellow relay socket can be/needs to be tightened from the underneath side of the fuse/relay tray? Being loose like that seems like it might cause some connectivity issues when the car is in motion and therefore causing the pumps to cut out and the car either stall or not start??