Porsche 911 (Type 996) Service Manual 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005: Carrera, Carrera 4, Carrera 4s

Best manual ever!!!!

I am so glad I bought this., YouTube has videos with bits and pieces of maintenance information. This manual saved me many hours of time looking up for information. It is very essential when you are putting parts back together and need to look up Torque specs. If you have a 996 go get it you will not regret it

I run a Porsche Technical Discussion website.I bought the Porsche factory manuals (all 17 volumes in 3-ring binders) in 2000 for about $600. I then spend about $100/year each for the next 6 years to get updates. My factory manuals ended up about costing $1200. Porsche stopped printing manuals a few years ago and a set was well over $1200 at that time.That does not really cover everything though - you also need the OBD II manuals for DME 5.2.2. DME 7.2, and DME 7.8 depending on your model year. When I bought my OBD II manuals (again in 2000) they were about $200 each. So to cover all models it cost me about $600. Porsche also stopped printing these manuals a few years ago and at the time each was over $800.So all totaled I likely spent over $2000 for the factory service and OBD II manuals for the 996.I pre-ordered the manual and purchased it here. Later Bentley sent me a review copy (based on my Porsche technical website) - so this review would have happened either way (good or bad).For $138 (here on Amazon) you get the Bentley Porsche 911 Carrera Service Manual (996) hardbound manual with photos that the factory manuals never had - and from I can see so far 99% plus of the information that is in the factory manuals. BOTH the service manuals and OBD II manuals.The manual layout is excellent logically each section from General Information and Maintenance to Wiring Diagrams and OBD II. Roughly 11 sections with great detail and photos the factory manuals never had. 1024 pages (and over 7.6 pounds) the manual is well composed and covers even some of the more tricky tasks. The photos are certainly worth a thousand words many times over.Clear, concise, detailed and from what I can see complete - this IS the service manual to have if you own or work on the 996 series cars. I highly recommend it.

A good manual for fairly advanced DIY jobs. Has all the torque values but not the latest updates from Porsche. You will still need to supplement this with info from Rennlist posts and other sources.

The only better set of manuals for Porsches are the factory manuals which cost over $1,000 for a used copy. If you want to do some of your own repair or Maintenance, this is the book you want.

Let's face it, if you own a classic Porsche you want to try and do some of your own maintenance. It is a very comprehensive book and I do recommend it.

If you have some metric tools, time and a little talent then you should take care of you 996 as much as possible withouttaking it in. A lot of fixes and repairs in this huge manual are beyond me but one routine maintenance or repair will pay for this book.Some reviewer complained that it has lots of white blank semi-pages. Well... that is because any mechanic knows that you writedown you personal notes to help with the next repair job. What a tool.It has more than just servicing your Porsche. All the OBD II codes are explained. The 911's factory options are there.A must have even if you don't intend on working on the car. So much information is explained with a huge amount of diagrams and photos. 25% of the manual is diagram of connections and electrical schematics.

I've bought Bentley manuals for many other cars, mostly BMWs and they all have been far more detailed and useful than this one. The electrical drawings in the 996 are very good, and hard to come by otherwise. The common repair tutorials are very lacking. When the manual has text that says "Remove connector", instead of "Hold connecter HERE, and squeeze Here while pulling", well what good is it? Sometimes lacking wrench/socket size needed, and just lists torques at end of section, with description that doesn't always make it clear what fastener is referred to, stuff like that. A lot of it appears to be just reprinted material from the 996 factory manual. In the water pump removal, for instance, it actuall says and shows "Engine shown removed from car for clarity", yet the WHOLE point of the manual is HOW to remove the water pump while the engine is still in the car (duh!) and they totally skip any helpful advice. Far better instructions for stuff like that are on the 996 forums at Rennlist and Renntech. But nice to have a quick reference all in one place, that can be thumbed through, so I still recommend it for the home mechanic. For just over $110, it is a reasonable resource, with resale value.