2001 Boxster S engine tapping?

[Timco]

Originally Posted by 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.

If there's anything I've read on this site, it's that the head gasket never fails on these cars. Sorry bud. Best of luck with it.