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YOUR RESEARCH996 Turbo Tiptronic behaviour when cold
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I use 1st for starting from an incline, or when I want max acceleration.
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It's probably the fluid level, get that checked, it's quite a hard task, I have all the equipment, but it cost me about $200 in tools/hardware.
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But I HIGHLY recommend you drive it all the time in manual mode and use the shift buttons.
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The 964, 993, and 968 all had the ability for manual gear shifting using the stick when it is moved to manual mode - Perhaps that is the source of the "Tip" in Tiptronic, you tip it back and forth.
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The 964, 993, and 968 all had the ability for manual gear shifting using the stick when it is moved to manual mode - Perhaps that is the source of the "Tip" in Tiptronic, you tip it back and forth.
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I just bought a 996 turbo tiptronic and was wondering about the cold behavior of the transmission. It seems when the the first few miles when driving around 40 mph, the transmission some times seems to be going on and off the converter lockup on 4th gear. It doesn't do this when the engine / transmission is up to temp. If I put a little more gas it stops or manually change to 3rd gear to keep the rpm's a little higher.
Wonder if this is normal or not.
We have the exact same tip in our cars...
That said, no it's not normal. But I HIGHLY recommend you drive it all the time in manual mode and use the shift buttons.
It's probably the fluid level, get that checked, it's quite a hard task, I have all the equipment, but it cost me about $200 in tools/hardware.
In the meantime, shift it manually ALL THE TIME!
Hey Sas - a quick question. Does your Tip start out from a stop in 2nd gear when in auto mode? The Turbo's do this and it's SUPER ANNOYING. What were they thinking?
Yes, normal, but while stopped you can manually bring it down to 1st. Be careful, 1st is very low and you'll be at 5k rpm very quickly! I use 1st for starting from an incline, or when I want max acceleration. If I have to turn while needing to shift to 2nd, the steering wheel buttons are not easy to get to so I slap the shifter over to D and it shifts to second, then I slap it back to M and continue to shift manually. I've gotten pretty good at it, you will to! Makes it much more enjoyable!
Unfortunately Porsche screwed up by providing those buttons as the only method to shift manually. The 964, 993, and 968 all had the ability for manual gear shifting using the stick when it is moved to manual mode - Perhaps that is the source of the "Tip" in Tiptronic, you tip it back and forth. I drove a 968 Tiptronic for 13 years, it was actually much better than just the buttons. The omission couldn't have been for cost reasons, just 2 switches and some wiring, perhaps $4.00 additional cost, they could have provided both stick and button shifting.
That is what I usually do. First gear is over in about 1.5 seconds, so I click upshift about as soon as the car is moving.
The downside of starting in 2nd all the time is it gets worn out. My 2nd gear slips badly enough that I have to start in 1st. Probably because I have 180k miles at far more than original power. A winter project to fix this is on tap this year.
It seems that back in the day various tuners offered a Tiptronic TCU tune that got rid of this second gear start. I have not heard this mentioned in a long time, I found this by searching old rennlist posts. It would be nice to have an actual 5 speed rather than a 4-speed with a granny gear.
