# Truck and trailer needed

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/truck-and-trailer-needed/243294
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [April 4, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/truck-and-trailer-needed/243294 "2009-04-04T09:39:22Z")
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### Author: ![Fn\_Skanks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fn_skanks/32/6308_2.png) [@Fn\_Skanks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fn_Skanks)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2009, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/truck-and-trailer-needed/243294/38 "2009-04-05T12:00:55Z")

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> [@irregardless](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/irregardless/16655/88):
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> Justin \< diagnosing motors :lol As a good friend you crack me up sometimes…
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> DME _can_ be the issue. It’s 100% likely that it being f-ed up had _absolutely nothing_ to do with any of Tony’s work, but doesn’t mean it couldn’t have shit the bed in a timely manner as this. Example…a bad ground cluster could be causing excessive resistance, causing FP to run excessive amps and prematurely burn out. _It could_ also have lead to a burned DME. DME controls ignition…yaddy yada. I’ve replaced a handful of burned Porsche DME’s before, not uncommon in German cars.

i was gonna say the same thing. the computer controls the spark. just cuz its a porsche doesn’t make the basics any different.

if it were me i would check through the easy things before going all the way out there. plugs, coils, etc are all simple to test. you don’t have to be a tuner to know this.

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