Lessons learned?: Buying a "used low mileage engine".... - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Jake Raby · 11-14-2009, 09:28 PM

The last time someone with two posts entered a thread on this topic it was none other than the Phantom himself... I wouldn't think he was dumb enough to do that again, but the Phantom has exceeded our expectations for stupid actions already..

Maybe the new poster is genuine, if he is I'd think he would have entered the forum with a tad more tact but I could be wrong..

But he is now representing himself as a Porsche Employee/ technician which means that he is representing Porsche with his posts.. His Boss might not like that, and he'd probably get hanged by his scrotum if they knew he threw Mobil 1 oil under the bus in his posts here!

rkwei · 11-15-2009, 04:24 AM

it's not the same IP address -

Please don't let this spiral out of control and lets stick to the engine facts.

Dragonwind · 11-15-2009, 05:03 AM

Jake Raby · 11-15-2009, 07:18 AM

He has sent Phil and I emails from at least 5 different IP addresses...

I doubt seriously he'd make the same mistake twice..

Oh well, the car with the Phantom's engine is back up and running now after we replaced the cylinder heads...

blinkwatt · 11-16-2009, 12:14 AM

This thread is a waste of time unless names are given. Until then, Mr.Raby is just dragging people along promoting his own business and installing fear in others.

Brucelee · 11-16-2009, 05:15 AM

No names are to be mentioned. When that happends, the thread will be deleted.

The thread remains as long a there is educational value to the forum readers.

11-16-2009, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by blinkwatt

This thread is a waste of time unless names are given. Until then, Mr.Raby is just dragging people along promoting his own business and installing fear in others.

LOL! Three engines in under 80k...when your ims goes, you'll be on the phone with Jake, asking for advice and help (like I was).

I had the chance to visit Dr. jakes' lab, and meet him - a better gentleman you will be hard pressed to find anywhere.

blinkwatt · 11-16-2009, 06:55 AM

LOL! Three engines in under 80k...when your ims goes, you'll be on the phone with Jake, asking for advice and help (like I was).

Nope, IF(not when) my IMS fails or whatever else could happen to cause the engine to fail I'm selling my Boxster as a roller. Then moving to a late model c5 z06.

I have no doubt that Jake Raby can do good work on these cars and he is a nice fellow but some of these failures especially the lifters, no other mechanic that I know of that works on Porsches has even said this was ever an issue. It seems like every engine Jake works on has 15-20 bad lifters....by 60k....