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Jamie '92 968 Jamie '92 968 is offline
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Philadelphia PA
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Porsche Crest 968 Shudder on Acceleration

My '92 968 (135K miles, original clutch) recently developed an occasional shudder during acceleration.
It usually happens at low RPMs (~2K to 3K) when I give it near full throttle.
The shudder is pretty strong and there is a definite loss of power.

It first happened about a month ago on the way home after spending a small fortune at the dealer for a new lower balance shaft cover seal (I believe this involves removal of the timing belt). Coincidence?? I should have turned around and taken it back, but I down shifted and the problem went away. It was OK for several days before it started to reappear every once in a while.

I'm thinking timing, fuel pump, clutch , differential, ???

I had a local shop (not Porsche specialists) take a look last week, but of course the problem did not show up for them.

Any ideas on the cause, or suggestions for diagnostic steps would be very much appreciated.

THANKS!
Old 02-09-2009, 08:43 AM
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