997 C4S problem

[Carlton Banks]

Morning guys,

A good friend of mine has a 55 plate 997 C4S with circa 35k miles on the clock.

Last week, he parked up and there was a ticking noise from the engine on idle or something similar.

He immediately had the car towed to Porsche West London - obviously they gave him the scenario of diagnosis being £2kto strip the engine down to inspect and identify to the issue - to the worst case of a new engine - in the region of £13k.

He needs another option. He is based in London and wishes to use a specialist.

I have identified a few specialists such as RSJ, JZM, Parr, Nine Excellence but who would be best suited for this kind of work?

Thanks

R

[V8KSN]

The ticking noise could be anything.

Has he been driving it since this noise started?
Is it still under warranty? if so is it an official warranty with Porsche?

As a side note, I would advise him to ring up Hartech and have the car transported to them for a full investigation.

[MadMark911]

A mate of mine panicked with the same problem - trailer to specialist etc - only for it to be a dodgy fuel pump (which was then sorted under warranty)! Oh how we laughed afterwards .....

I can vouch for Nine Excellence as I know they're pretty reasonable when it comes to diagnosis and "dropping the engine out" ....

Edited by MadMark911 on Friday 18th May 11:05

[Country Boy]

I remember recently on here someone had a similar noise and eventually this was found to be a loose spark plug!! Don't panic!!