Taff pilot Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Hello I took my 2009 cayman S pdk for her first long drive today , upon arriving home after a hours drive on country roads and was faultless , i did my usual five or so min cool down idle as I open'd the garage doors etc and coming back to the car a sound like a air compressor started coming from the nearside front , stopped after around 20-30 seconds but as I had never heard it before it has me concerned , any ideas ?? thanks in advance Bryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porker Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 13 hours ago, Taff pilot said: Hello I took my 2009 cayman S pdk for her first long drive today , upon arriving home after a hours drive on country roads and was faultless , i did my usual five or so min cool down idle as I open'd the garage doors etc and coming back to the car a sound like a air compressor started coming from the nearside front , stopped after around 20-30 seconds but as I had never heard it before it has me concerned , any ideas ?? thanks in advance Bryan Completely normal, there is a fan to cool the engine bay that kicks in at a set temperature. If the car has had a good drive it will often go a few mins after switch off to remove the excess heat (possibly to avoid vapour locks? Or heat soak damaging electronics?) I'd be worried if you'd never heard it see part 15.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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