Fixing My 996 911’s Broken Spoiler in the Upright Position

Hello everybody, and thank you for tuning into FunAhead TV!

On today’s episode, we tackle another one of my Spring time projects for my 2001 996 Porsche Carrera 4. This time, we’re fixing the car’s broken spoiler in the upright position to restore it’s functionality.

If you enjoy this content, be sure to give the video a LIKE as it helps my channel out a lot! And SUBSCRIBE if you’d like to see more content like this in the future.

Thank you, again, for watching!

David

Disclaimer: Videos are for entertainment purposes only. Any advice, instruction, or information given in this video is to be taken and applied at your own risk. Always do your own research before working on your own vehicle.

[boffam]

I think it’s more correct to say that the spoiler reduces lift, rather than providing downforce. Anyway, remarkably clean fix!

[DSC]

I had no idea it was hydraulic, thought it was geared, but never really looked at it. Hope mine never fails ($$$). If it does I think I'd go with keeping it down and adding a small duck tail spoiler.

[bawa]

I came here because I just fixed my 996 spoiler for the same problem. But, ouch -- why didn't you try to fix it in the first place? Was probably just a minor problem. A common prob;em is that the plastic coating of the actuator wire cracks and jams the tube. Just remove the plastic coating, put on some grease, and good to go again.

The mechanism is not hydraulic, it is a simple wire pull mechanism

[Xude]

can you put up the spoiler when you driver under the normal speed manually? Or does it only go up over a certain mark?