Hello
I have just joined the forum to see if its just me thats going paranoid, or are there any other 997.1 owners suffering the same condition as me. Its call Enginus Tappetus. (common symptoms know as tapping and bore scoring.)
Ok,,, I have a 2006 Carrera S full service history and 80k miles.
After reading forum posts, experts notes, Mr fixxit quotes and the like, I have gone paranoid about an imminent self destruction of my baby.
I would like an opinion from the sensible and experienced members.
Its 2000 miles since full service
Slight tapping sound when cold from area of cylinder 6, and it is slightly louder when warm.
Slight smoke on starting then not really seen again.
Drain oil, sump off and its virtually spotless. Oil has no obvious debris.
Cut open oil filter and "read it" and it too is as good as spotless
Plug out of cylinder 6 and it looks oily and cruddy. Piston crown looks damp.
My borescope shows a very small amount of oil sitting in the bore.
Some scoring on the upper part (12 oclock) looks very slight but its there.
So, my question is this......... what do I do at this point?
Do I just jump in and spend an inordinately large amount of hard earned cash or ...............................
?????????????????????????
:?:
I have just joined the forum to see if its just me thats going paranoid, or are there any other 997.1 owners suffering the same condition as me. Its call Enginus Tappetus. (common symptoms know as tapping and bore scoring.)
Ok,,, I have a 2006 Carrera S full service history and 80k miles.
After reading forum posts, experts notes, Mr fixxit quotes and the like, I have gone paranoid about an imminent self destruction of my baby.
I would like an opinion from the sensible and experienced members.
Its 2000 miles since full service
Slight tapping sound when cold from area of cylinder 6, and it is slightly louder when warm.
Slight smoke on starting then not really seen again.
Drain oil, sump off and its virtually spotless. Oil has no obvious debris.
Cut open oil filter and "read it" and it too is as good as spotless
Plug out of cylinder 6 and it looks oily and cruddy. Piston crown looks damp.
My borescope shows a very small amount of oil sitting in the bore.
Some scoring on the upper part (12 oclock) looks very slight but its there.
So, my question is this......... what do I do at this point?
Do I just jump in and spend an inordinately large amount of hard earned cash or ...............................
?????????????????????????
:?: