Need advise from people smarter than me. Have an 02 x50 with 55k miles.
Lost timing chain and Porsche dealer says it's toast. and they want 35k for new motor which I can't justify. My question, can the engine be rebuilt and if so who all would you reccomend. I talked to Motor Meister but have not read anything good about them. The dealer didn't crack the engine so I really dont know the true extent of the damage. I love this car and planned on keeping for many more miles. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Mark

 

Since you're in Dallas, have you talked to Hans Hoffman over at RAC? They can do major work and would be quite a bit less than the dealer for sure. I don't know anything about Motor Meister but I can definitely vouch for RAC (formerly RUF) as they do all the work on my car.

 

I am not one of the "smarter ones" here, but wanted to say sorry to hear about the motor. I know it obviously happened, but it sounds wierd that the chain would fail with so low miles. Was it tracked considerably? Oilling issues? Any precursor noise or signs? I only ask as I am a fellow X-50 owner and would look to glean info from you so I and others could prevent the same sort of thing if at all possible.

 

How they know its ur timing chain if they didn't pull apart?

 

Thank you leftlane. I will call them tomorrow.

 

I hate to say this s I can only blame myself for not having a PPI done on this car as it has always been in this area serviced by two shops and it came with after market warranty which ran out last month. It seems the car had numerous over rev's both type 1 & 2. Bought it with 18k on the od and had 37k of very fun miles till yesterday.

 

Good question but I knew it was bad the minute it happened. Had the radio on heard a bang, thought i hit something, engine light flashing abs flashing car felt like it was running on three cylinders pulled off the road and engine died.

 

I've seen a guy do a huge rebuild after a timing chain fiasco and spend tons of $$$ and not really ever get the car back to where it should be.

My advice? Find a ~$10k or whatever stock USED motor and just replace it. Don't go nuts with all the 'fixes' unless you're really bored or loaded (). You can drop $40k on an engine build without blinking.

 

How horrible. Empathy X 10...
2nd the "how do they KNOW w/out opening it up!
And also the advice to buy a used motor, unless you want to build from scratch .
What a drag.

 

Go purchase another extended warrant. Wait the waiting period plus a month or two and file a claim. I didn't say that. This message will self destruct in......

 

Sorry about your misfortune. You better get a second opinion on this failure. If it is in fact a broken timing chain the cheapest option is to get a used engine like this one on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/PORSCHE-996-...53c15f&vxp=mtr

 

You should be ashamed. (Writing this one down for possible later use).

 

This^^^

 

I am ashamed and I take it back.

 

As said used motor is the most sensible answer unless its found to be something less catastrophic=lets hope.