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914 Emission issue
08.22.2020
914 | Engine
1975 914 1.8 158 000 Engine Portland Oregon I recently bought a 1975 Porsche 914 with 1.8L engine.  I need to re-title in Oregon, which means emissions test- which it failed. The DMV lists my 914 as...
Compression test
06.03.2020
914 | Engine
1975 914 2.0 100 000 Engine Colorado Springs Colorado I'm selling my 75 914-4 2.0L and the gentleman wants me to do a compression test. I know they should be balanced/ close but what psi should...
Low cylinder on 914
05.26.2017
914 | Engine
1975 914 2.0 20 000 Engine Salmon Idaho I have 20000 miles on a rebuild did a tune up and ran a compression check one cylinder was low 86. Not sure if I put new pistons and cylinders in to fix...
My 1975 914 1.8 liter does not want to run when it's cold. Once it warms up it does run. If you give it gas when it is cold it cuts out but once it is warm it runs good
01.17.2017
914 | Engine
1975 914 1.8 52 300 Engine Baltimore Maryland The 1.8 liter engine will not rev up when cold. Once the engine is warm it does rev up. It will only idle when cold it will not rev up, once warm it...