Porsche 968 - Car Care Instructions; Washing Procedures

Car Care Instructions
ii''HIII.u o111d correct care helps to maintain
ll11• vo~lut• ol your Porsche and can be a pre-
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lo11g hie guarantee.
Your Official Porsche Centre has specially de-
veloped car care products from the Porsche
range available either singly or as complete
car care sets . The staff of the Centre will be
pleased to help you select suitable products.
Always follow the instructions for use printed
on the package.
In order to ensure that the vehicle's condition
is professionally checked and the long-life
guarantee remains valid for the full 1 0-year
period, any Official Porsche Centre will in-
spect the level of care and maintenance of
the vehicle and record the results in writing .
The Centre will then make out a Status Re-
port and certify this under "Long - Life Guaran-
tee Status Report" in the "Guarantee and
Maintenance" booklet.
Washing
The best method of protecting your Porsche
from the damaging effects of the environment is
frequent washing and the application of a pre -
servative. Once the period when road s are
salted and gritted in the winter is over, at the
latest, the underside of the car should al so be
thoroughly washed.
The longer salt, road dust and industrial dust ,
dead insects, bird droppings or substances from
trees (resin, pollen) are allowed to remain on the
bodywork, the more serious is their harmful ef -
fect.
Caution
• Using high-pressure cleaning devices to wash
your car can cause damage to the tyres.
When cleaning with a flat-jet nozzle or what is
known as a "dirt cutter", maintain a minimum
distance of 20 em (8"). Tyres must never be
cleaned with a round-jet nozzle . If a tyre is
inadvertently sprayed with a jet of water from
a high-pressure nozzle, its surface should
immediately be examined for possible dam-
age.
• The design features of some car-wash
systems can also cause damage to the wheel
rims . Please ask your car-wash operator for
information .
Door and lid seams or door sills, and other
parts of the bodywork inaccessible to a car
wash, must be cleaned by hand and leathered
down.
Cars should be washed carefully with plenty of
clear water to protect the paintwork . Dark paint
fini sh es , especially , show up the smallest of sur-
face damage (scratches) more readily than light
colour s.
Dark colours are also more susceptible to scrat-
ches becau se of the composition of their pig-
ments and therefore require special care and at-
tention. Washing a car by hand does more dam-
age to the environment than using a car-wash
system. To prevent soot, gease, oil and heavy
metals from contaminating the environment,
your car should only be washed at places spe-
cially designed for that purpose.
When washing by hand, use an abundant supply
of water, a soft sponge or wash brush and the
Porsche car shampoo. Begin by spraying the
body thoroughly with water to rinse away loose
dirt . Do not wash your Porsche in bright sunlight
or while the bodywork is still hot. After washing,
rinse the car with plenty of water and then
leather dry .
Do not use the same wash leather for rubbing
down as you use for cleaning the windscreen
and windows.