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CigSid said:
#5 lifter has failed, running rough, engine light on... they are going to email me the info...
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I see lifter failure all the time at work. Typically it can just be replaced, unless it dropped the value then it's new engine time.
 
PaulTra said:
I see lifter failure all the time at work. Typically it can just be replaced, unless it dropped the value then it's new engine time.
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I wish I knew more about this stuff... if it was a computer, they couldn’t hold me hostage to their knowledge... it’s just running rough, and a slight knock...
 
CigSid said:
I wish I knew more about this stuff... if it was a computer, they couldn’t hold me hostage to their knowledge... it’s just running rough, and a slight knock...
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Did you bring it to a dealer or an independent shop?
 
kann said:
I was traveling next to a Taycan today for a while, and have utterly fallen in love with this car.
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Agreed. I saw one in the wild not too long ago. It's been a long time since a car made me look at it that hard.
 
CigSid said:
Dealer
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I would definitely ask them why, besides lifter 5 being bad, that they are recommending an engine replacement over repairing the failed lifter. Usually at my dealer we replace the lifter and usually the cam, with no issues. I can only think of a couple of times where we had to actually replace the engine.
 
Yeah, those Porschemobiles can be some extremely aesthetically pleasing vehicles. 😂

I purchased my mid engine 2000 Boxster S used in May, 2013, with <30K miles. 😍

It was a one owner vehicle, the owner used it only for summer driving, and he traded it in for a new Porsche to the very dealership he originally purchased it from. It was a cream puff when I purchased it & it's a great automobile now at 21 years of age. I also only drive it during the Minnesota summers, as it is garaged from late October, until mid May. I keep good quality soft compound Z rated tires on it, it gets an oil change once a year, and it cost me basically nothing for maintenance. The performance to price point ratio is insane & it still looks almost new. :cool: Best thing I ever bought to drive.

Buy used, when you buy. ;)
 
PaulTra said:
I would definitely ask them why, besides lifter 5 being bad, that they are recommending an engine replacement over repairing the failed lifter. Usually at my dealer we replace the lifter and usually the cam, with no issues. I can only think of a couple of times where we had to actually replace the engine.
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They said tear down to replace cam and lifers, a/c condenser, etc would cost more...

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Even if an engine replacement is needed that quote seems high, but I’m no expert like Paul... I replaced a 3.6 penstar in a 2012 JK for 5,300 parts and labor at a local specialist two years ago...
 
TexasTraveler said:
Even if an engine replacement is needed that quote seems high, but I’m no expert like Paul... I replaced a 3.6 penstar in a 2012 JK for 5,300 parts and labor at a local specialist two years ago...
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Agreed. It does seem a little high even for a dealer.
 
Is that the 5.3 v8 bill? I know they had problems with the older ones and cylinder deactivation but a newer one would surprise me. I would get a second opinion for sure. Fwiw I had a 2007 Tahoe with the 5.3 that I bought with 170k on it and put another 80-100k on it (lol I can’t remember now). It ate a little oil but never had an issue other than that.

I get real leary of the stealerships..
 
{tpc} said:
Is that the 5.3 v8 bill? I know they had problems with the older ones and cylinder deactivation but a newer one would surprise me. I would get a second opinion for sure. Fwiw I had a 2007 Tahoe with the 5.3 that I bought with 170k on it and put another 80-100k on it (lol I can’t remember now). It ate a little oil but never had an issue other than that.

I get real leary of the stealerships..
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It’s a 2015 6.2 liter V8... that’s what I’m going to do.
 
It has 130,000 miles on it... but I had a tahoe that I put 300,000 miles with no problems at all...
 
CigSid said:
#5 lifter has failed, running rough, engine light on... they are going to email me the info...
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Really sorry to hear that, I just paid my explorer off last week so assume something like that any day now.
Does this mean we can expect about 26 $500 Bill sales in the near future?
 
CigSid said:
It’s a 2015 6.2 liter V8... that’s what I’m going to do.
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Wow that’s surprising then. The 6.2 have always struck me as bulletproof. Hope the second opinion is better than the first!

Do you have a obd code reader? Not super expensive and you can pull the codes and research on your own with a android phone. You can even clear the codes but I doubt that would fix the rough running.

I suppose you could always look at a trade in but with it running rough, they are going to discount it quite a bit...depending on what they are willing to give for it and what you were getting in return. Trucks are crazytime expensive.
 
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