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Originally Posted by bigrangy
It’s a 996.1, 1998. Basest of the base model, tiptronic. Probably the least desirable 911 ever made haha 
Yeah reading up on it it’s either fuel injectors, ignition coils, or else the variocam actuators. Ever since I bought the car a couple years back it’s always kind of been lazy through the lower revs and only developed decent power above like 4k rpm, I don’t think it’s ever been well. But it’s never thrown a code prior to just now. Now with the throttle issue I honestly can’t even safely take it off the driveway, gonna need to do some more troubleshooting tomorrow. |
Hopefully not the actuator, but it sure sounds like it is something in the cam timing. There is one on each side, under the valve /cam cover, and they are expensive. I'm fixing up a Boxster right now and the one side actuators cable was severed right at the solenoid so I have no choice but to replace it. Haven't found one less than 1K. I'm taking one from a parts engine and hoping it is good. Also they are position specific L/R. Coils would be easy to diagnose, swap some from left to right and see if the problem migrates but since they are coil on it would be odd for a whole side to go. Same for injectors.
Also I was thinking of the solenoid not the actuator, but either is a significant issue.