Engine Rattle - Right Rear 2000 996

[dlola]

My daily passion is a 2000 Carrera 996. I bought it just 6 mos ago and at 60K the original engine had an intermix between the oil and coolant.

Warrantee company finally replaced the engine after 1.5 mos. I had a new clutch installed since it was all pieced out and torn apart.

Clutch was tight and engine hummed nicely. I hit the twistys on the the way the palm springs for work a few times and have put about 2K miles on it in since getting back in mid february.

It shifts fine, the clutch feels a little looser now, and purrs under load.....except

upon slow manuevering at less than 3K rpm in 1st and 2nd it makes a noise at the right rear that sounds like lloose change in the engine. It does not make noise when not in gear, or when in gear not moving with clutch pressed it

it makes Noise in reverse and in 1st and second when travelling slowly, or when letting the clutch out slowly. I first noticed it driving next to a wall with my passenger window down in a strip mall.

Please help...I just got it back and cannot miss it for another month...I had to drive a ford focus during that time.

[Loren]

:welcome:

Have them check it again - could be as simple as a broken weld in a muffler. Or, it could be worse - I assume you got a Porsche 2 year warranty on the engine?

[dlola]

:welcome:

Have them check it again - could be as simple as a broken weld in a muffler. Or, it could be worse - I assume you got a Porsche 2 year warranty on the engine?

[dlola]

Uhhh Porsche 2 year warranty...No did not know about that. My warranty was through Fidelity services. Guess I should ask about the Porsche one too.

as an aside I suppose that a new engine and clutch are supposed to get looser over time...the friction point seems higher in the release than it was when I first got it back.

I gues i will take it in tomorrow to Pioneer Porsche Centers in San Diego. bummmer!

[larez2]

When your first engine went was it replaced with an engine from a wrecked car or was it a new/remanufactured one direct from Porsche? I've heard stories of people needing new engines under an extended warranty and the warranty company provided one from a wrecked/salvage yard to save money vs having to buy a new engine from the manufacturer.

You only get the 2 year warranty from Porsche on the engine if its a new/remanufactured one from them.

What you describe sounds to me like it might be the throw out bearing starting to go or fork pivot ball needing adjustment/lubrication.

Good Luck,

Larez2

[Benjamin Choi]

Uhhh Porsche 2 year warranty...No did not know about that. My warranty was through Fidelity services. Guess I should ask about the Porsche one too.

as an aside I suppose that a new engine and clutch are supposed to get looser over time...the friction point seems higher in the release than it was when I first got it back.

I gues i will take it in tomorrow to Pioneer Porsche Centers in San Diego. bummmer!

tough for a 911 driver to go to an econobox commuter for sure so i feel for u. :)

i've actually heard the opposite. my clutch when new (about 7K miles ago) felt springier than the older clutch which was the original. maybe it's that i've gotten used to it but the clutch action is about the same now (i.e. it got harder to press).

good luck w/ the engine. that'd be very odd for a reman engine from porsche to fail... rarely happens. rarely. like the original ones should've been.

Edited March 25, 2009 by Benjamin Choi

[phillipj]

Even salvage yards give a 6 month warranty. You should be fine if it is something serious

[Ahsai]

Any update on this? I'm experiencing similar problems.

TIA

[mrmorninwood]

What was the problem? I am having the same issue.