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Wiggie18 · 03-11-2009, 12:04 PM

I have run into that and in the middle of a dealer mess. I heard a ticking sound on my 2002 Boxster S and went to the dealer to check it out. They gave me an oil change and a new clutch and told me to now drive it hard and it would go away. Well, it didn't go away and it is very loud and echos off other cars when I am stopped. I went back to the dealer and they said now that it was the lifters that needed to be replaced. So, I had the lifters replaced, picked up the car, still the ticking sound but louder. I go back to the dealer and now they said that a "spring" associated with the oil had broken and created a chain of events that now the piston has issues and that I need a new motor. Has anyone heard of this????

03-11-2009, 12:04 PM	#2
Wiggie18 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA USA Posts: 1	Ticking sound I have run into that and in the middle of a dealer mess. I heard a ticking sound on my 2002 Boxster S and went to the dealer to check it out. They gave me an oil change and a new clutch and told me to now drive it hard and it would go away. Well, it didn't go away and it is very loud and echos off other cars when I am stopped. I went back to the dealer and they said now that it was the lifters that needed to be replaced. So, I had the lifters replaced, picked up the car, still the ticking sound but louder. I go back to the dealer and now they said that a "spring" associated with the oil had broken and created a chain of events that now the piston has issues and that I need a new motor. Has anyone heard of this????