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YOUR RESEARCHMystery push button with pics
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A sneak peak at part of what you will learn; DO NOT push on the nipple but gently turn and adjust, slowly...
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I am checking EBay to see if I can get a used one or cheap Chinese one.
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Could it be the button that opens the hatch to the blinker fluid reservoir by the other wiper...when your runny egg (bliner fluid) yolks run low, that's how you fill them back up.
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It allows the car to be locked but doesn't cause the car to set off the alarm from motion in tow and minimizing battery drain by restricting current draw from electrical components.
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Could it be the button that opens the hatch to the blinker fluid reservoir by the other wiper...when your runny egg (bliner fluid) yolks run low, that's how you fill them back up.
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It allows the car to be locked but doesn't cause the car to set off the alarm from motion in tow and minimizing battery drain by restricting current draw from electrical components.
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I discovered this push bottom under a cover by my wipers. I have not found any info on the web so I am hoping someone here recognizes it. I badly want to press it of course, to see what happens. I have resisted so far, but I am getting weaker. 2004 996 Targa
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For towing your car... Puts the Porsche in "transport mode" and only Porsche can reset it. It allows the car to be locked but doesn't cause the car to set off the alarm from motion in tow and minimizing battery drain by restricting current draw from electrical components.
I believe it's just a stud and nut holding down that plastic cowling strip.
(I'm just saying that to keep you from pushing that button. You don't really want to know what happens if you push it)
Pushin' that button will cause you $80 - $100. But it's your money. ha!
In fact, take a video of you pushing it. Then keep recording while you enter the car and see if anything is different. If the dome lights don't come on, then... it's Porsche tax time!
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Every time you press that button the arc that the wipers wipe clocks 1 degree towards the driver side. Depress it for 5 seconds and they rotate 1 degree the other way. Makes it so your can be adjusted to cover as much of your sight lines as possible.
Could it be the button that opens the hatch to the blinker fluid reservoir by the other wiper...when your runny egg (bliner fluid) yolks run low, that's how you fill them back up.
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That's not a button - it's a grease nipple. All of the grease fittings throughout the car are connected to it. Find a high-volume pneumatic grease gun, connect it to that nipple, and pump at least a pint of grease. Some may leak out around the edges; this is normal.
So we have a wiper sweep control, a tow mode that requires payment of your first born to reset and the infamous nuclear option, so, which is it? Damn, I hope I don't have those buttons!
I have a special tool in development for the 996 Nipple Adjustment. 996NA patent pending.
Highlight of my class on how to use the tool will include.... I cant tell you yet! A sneak peak at part of what you will learn; DO NOT push on the nipple but gently turn and adjust, slowly... Repeat as maybe require.
I took your advice about the "two nipples". I was careful to follow your instructions and NOT push but rather, gently turn the nipple slowly, working my fingers in a circle pattern.
As I kept doing this, I started to hear weird moaning type noises coming from the engine.
The car got too hot to hold and it's lights were flashing.
Scared the fool out of me when it started to smoke, but realize it was calming down.
Whoosh! Not messing with those buttons again.
OK I guess we can wrap this mystery up. It is not a button. I don't know what it is but I got my nerve up and pressed it today. No moving parts, it is a FAKE button. I suspect that it was an option and the first owner did not order it so they fill it in with a fake button just like my console. I am checking EBay to see if I can get a used one or cheap Chinese one. If I find something i will write up the installation. I will be sure to put on it the dyno and see how many more hp I get.
Nice try...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hak7b19HFA
Tommorrow a man will be around with a suitcase full of money, he'll then reposess your car and deliver it to someone whom you don't know...
Ok, so here's the deal. I was able to reach and push both buttons at the same time. 5 minutes later this is what showed up at my garage. She just stood there silent looking at me.
What does this mean?!
