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HDMacaw · Joined: 04 Jul 2011 Posts: 24 Location: Tennessee

Greetings all,
I was driving along just fine when my 924 lost all power. It didn't stall but I couldn't get more than about 1300rpm out of it.
The further I stepped on the pedal the more pooping and light backfiring came from the exhaust.
I managed to limp it 5 miles home at a whopping 20mph in 4th-5th gear.
I shut it off and it fired right back up but only will idle, any pressure on the accelerator and it starts popping and sputtering.
Next morning I go out to start checking things and I decided to try to start it. It fired right up, idled smooth as glass, and purred like a kitten.
I took it for a small ride and it ran like it's usual self.
Today I go up to town, it runs fine the whole time. I stop at the store come back out, it starts up fine but as soon as I step on the gas to back up same dead pedal issue.
I sat there for about an hour and let it cool down. It started, would get to about 2Krpm so I decided to limp it home again.
The hotter it got (normal op temp) the less RPM it would do and quickly it would do no more than about 1300rpm. After 2 hours in the driveway still the same 2Krpm max, and it's still a little warm.
Temp needle is sitting at the right edge of the box on the left side of gauge.
It's got a new fuel pump, filter, DME relay, and about 400 miles on a fresh tune-up and oil change.
The only more recent work was that I replaced the fuel sending unit and seal (I don't see how that would be related).

Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks

Update: It's almost all the way cooled off and it's back to running normally now.

HDMacaw · Joined: 04 Jul 2011 Posts: 24 Location: Tennessee

2 weeks and almost 600 views later and not one suggestion.

Fasteddie313 · Joined: 29 Sep 2013 Posts: 2596 Location: MI

I don’t know man sorry ;(

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Fifty50Plus · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 12:49 am Post subject:

It sounds like it is not getting enough fuel when you open the throttle. Check that you get a large amount of fuel squirting out of the filter (disconnect before the fuel distributor) when you momentarily turn on the ignition. Be aware that you will need to catch the fuel or create a bigger problem. If it's only a dribble, you have a fuel pump or filter issue.
If that is all good, start looking into the fuel injection system.
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HDMacaw · Joined: 04 Jul 2011 Posts: 24 Location: Tennessee

16again2009 · Joined: 04 Dec 2014 Posts: 70 Location: tulsa, ok

Did you figure the problem out?
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HDMacaw · Joined: 04 Jul 2011 Posts: 24 Location: Tennessee

16again2009 · Joined: 04 Dec 2014 Posts: 70 Location: tulsa, ok

there is a guy on the pelican forum that had sort of the same problem as you, but not exactly. It turned out to be his o2 sensor. You might check that. Just unplug it and see if it runs better.

.pelicanparts.com/porsche-924-944-968-technical-forum/1062112-flat-power-spot-3rd-gear-5.html
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holcopa123 · Joined: 05 Nov 2021 Posts: 7

I ran into a similar problem, but mine would just die. Something was going on with my DME when it would get hot. I replaced the DME with a known good one and it now runs fine. Try borrowing a known good DME and see if that works.

924 timbo · Joined: 18 Jul 2021 Posts: 6 Location: Buffalo

Spark plug wires. I know that sounds crazy but I had a '84 VW gti that couldn't climb a hill and sprk plug wires fixed it.