Hey Jake--need an opinion - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

MikenOH · 03-24-2010, 02:03 PM

No, that is not my car; I have an 06 that was making the same noise as the one in the video, so I posted the link to see if I could get an opinion on what the problem might be.

Flavor 987S · 03-24-2010, 02:21 PM

^OK, Mike. I understand better now.

Now, next question(s), "is" your car making this noise, or "was" it making this noise?

What does the print-out of the 6 Ignition Ranges look like on your DME? This would be very good to know.

Did you recently miss a shift? Spin the car? Bounce off the Rev Limiter?

JTP · 03-24-2010, 02:46 PM

Jake, if the lifters have only one hole for lubrication, can new lifters be modified with two holes when replacing them? If this is possible, will this eliminate the collapsed/sticking lifter issue?

MikenOH · 03-24-2010, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Flavor 987S

^OK, Mike. I understand better now.

Now, next question(s), "is" your car making this noise, or "was" it making this noise?

What does the print-out of the 6 Ignition Ranges look like on your DME? This would be very good to know.

Did you recently miss a shift? Spin the car? Bounce off the Rev Limiter?

Had the car out today and the noise is greatly reduced; barely noticeable but still there. I have been trying to keep the revs down till I know what's going on here but the few times I took it up to 5K, it felt a bit rough--not as smooth as in the lower ranges.

I'll know more when the car gets looked at next week.

No missed shifts,spins or bounces off the rev limiter. it's just come out of a winter hibernation and started making this noise after being fully warmed up with a20 minute drive at highway speeds.

Lucky · 04-18-2010, 10:36 AM

Mike,

Any update? What did the noise turn out to be?

MikenOH · 04-18-2010, 05:40 PM

Mechanic thought it was a collapsed lifter, which had "refloated"it self as the car was driven more. Said he had seen cars that had this same noise that took nearly a month to clear up.

ohioboxster · 04-24-2010, 02:03 AM

Mike, we had this talk over dinner. You know the next move....do we need to go to dinner again?

MikenOH · 04-25-2010, 03:39 PM

Matt:

You're too funny--I'm all for dinner; BTW,Marty should be back in a week or so.

I have to say, Rita was ready to write the check when she saw your car. Having said that, right now we'd have to sell the Boxster to do it and I'm not sure she's ready to part with it--yet. Still working on it.

I'll get a date from Marty and see if set up a time to get together.

BTW, we're doing Mid-OH with NNJPCA first weekend in June; great group to run with with you can get the time off...