2001 Boxster S engine tapping?

[doug7025]

OK, so oil intermixed with coolant. Head gasket hopefully, or cracked head...Any good mechanics who would be willing to take on this project for me near morgantown ky/nashville area? I would need to take out a loan in order to pay for the repair, so any idea of approximate cost? ( I know, dependent on wether the head or just the gasket, but kind of a worse-case scenario estimate? Like I say, should be (hopefully) just the gasket, as it's been running great...And then there is the lifter-tapping sound...) But not sure it's a lifter, just sounds as if it could be...Sorry, not much of a mechanic as far as these foreign cars go...(or really at all, but if I take it off, starter, alternator, etc, I can usually replace it. I just don't have the tools/ability to work on it. Thanks for everyone's time and trying to steer me in the right direction.