I think my engine just took a #$%!!

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

maybe its a good idea to tow it over to the stealership and pay for a diag.
Good peace of mind even if you have the indy do the actual repair.

PL, Adam has the car at Tom Wood Porsche in Indy. So, it is at the dealership now.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by bmussatti

PL, Adam has the car at Tom Wood Porsche in Indy. So, it is at the dealership now.

Yeah, that's right. I don't know what to think at this point to tell you the truth. The mechanic who is suppossed to work on my car was out sick one day last week and he said he had a couple of jobs up on the lift before mine thus the delay. I think they are going to have to drop the engine and open it up if they really want to know what is going on. I'm betting this is going to end up in the direction of total engine replacement so I'm just going bite my tongue and let them do what they do.

[Adam]

Update:

I guess the problem fixed itself? Jeremy( the mechanic) said he drove it around the last couple days and the problem went away on its own. No more flashing CEL and no more tapping noise. He said to come pick it up whenever I'm ready. He said he thinks maybe one of the holes that are located in the discs leading to the lifter might have been temporarily plugged up with debris preventing the lifter from pumping up corrrectly. He said the flashing CEL might be caused by an O2 sensor sensing unburnt fuel. I'm a bit skeptical about this whole deal. I believe emissions malfunctions cause solid CEL's not flashing ones. I guess the proof will be in the pudding once the car is picked up. What do you guys think?

[KevinH1990]

Originally Posted by Adam

Update:

He said the flashing CEL might be caused by an O2 sensor sensing unburnt fuel. I'm a bit skeptical about this whole deal. I believe emissions malfunctions cause solid CEL's not flashing ones. I guess the proof will be in the pudding once the car is picked up. What do you guys think?

I had a bad MAF and it was causing unburnt fuel to reach the catalytic converter. This resulted in a flashing CEL.

I'm not sure about the remainder of the story. I would think that it is pretty rare for a car to heal itself.

Pretty rare for any other car.....EXCEPT A PORSCHE!!!!! Muahahahahahahaha. The uber car. The car that plays god and that runs off of the soul of orphans. *lightning cracks in the background*

[fatmike]

Have you considered running some Techron thru it?

Good luck with your situation. Let us know what happens.

Adam, that's very strange!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by fatmike

Have you considered running some Techron thru it?

Good luck with your situation. Let us know what happens.

Actually, strange you mentioned that. I added a bottle of techron to approx 12 gallons of gas in my tank about a week before all this started. Maybe just a coincidence, but the engine seemed down on power and then this all happened afterwards. That was the first time I had ever used a fuel additive in the Porsche.