wellcraft290

Looking for a good shop in long island. Have to get this ping fixed. Talking to a buddy and he thinks it could be detonation, but without hearing it no way o tell. I have no idea. Like a metal, popping noise only under harder accelaration. Motor was rebuilt over a year ago and is pretty stock except a ligtweight flywheel and chip

dfinnegan

The Bosch KTS-301 (aka Hammer) will count knocks on a test drive.

If you can't find one, and fancy a drive, you could use mine. We could also meet somewhere between Warwick and LI.

wellcraft290

thanks d find a mechanic thru a buddy that has a 993 and spoke with him this morning. He said it sounds like on eof the distributers belt is broken. bringing it in tomorrow. Just hope and don't want to cause any damage to the motor..

dfinnegan

If the distributor belt is broken you'll want to pull the igniter connection on that coil to prevent any stray voltage causing damage.

The secondary distributor (the one driven by the belt) is to the left, and below the primary. Follow the coil wire (center lead) back to the coil. In front of the coil is a connector with a wire-bale keeper. Disconnect that connector.

Or, pull the top on the secondary and you can check the belt. It's down at the bottom and visible with the cap off.

wellcraft290

Thanks D going in first thing in teh morning. Also how much should an oil change costs? I found Mobil 1 oil at walmart for $22 bucks for 5 quarts. So pretty inexpenive. Not afraid of doing it myself read teh DIY here and seems pretty easy.

dfinnegan

Prices seem to vary, but $100-200 seems typical. I do my own, but the one or two that I had done in the beginning were in that range; that's paying (extra) for the oil, too.

The prime motivator for changing your own oil is that overfills are common; even with experienced indy's

ilko

Do a search around here before putting the Mobil 1 in.

Lynmor Motorsports in Huntington is my favorite shop on LI.

buck_31

A guy in work that has a 968 recommended German Auto Repair Technicians in Amityville. He is a former Porsche mechanic, apparently has had his own shop for the past 15 years or so...........seems to be a one man operation. Had my alignment done there, he spent 3.5 hours on the car and only charged me around $220. A job well done also.

pantera43

+1 for Lynmor

wellcraft290

yup ended up at lynmor motorsports. That was teh shop my buddy recommended. They are two very nice guys and seem pretty resonable so far.

wellcraft290

ilko I see people recommend different oils but what is wrong with mobil 1?

dfinnegan

The issue is reduced ZDDP.

There is a lot of data here, and on the net, but here is just one write-up (first google hit for "oil zddp").