Tick tick tick and stutter
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Tick tick tick and stutter
Lately my boxster has developed 2 things,
1. It has a small intermittent ticking noise, sounds like a valve. It does not do it all the time and it is very faint. Is some valve noise to be expected?
2. right after cleaning and oiling my K&N air filter, I noticed a rough spot at about 2400 rpms. I took the K&N out and replaced it with the OEM filter.
Think its the MAF? and is it easy to clean?
Thanks all
Shawn
1. It has a small intermittent ticking noise, sounds like a valve. It does not do it all the time and it is very faint. Is some valve noise to be expected?
2. right after cleaning and oiling my K&N air filter, I noticed a rough spot at about 2400 rpms. I took the K&N out and replaced it with the OEM filter.
Think its the MAF? and is it easy to clean?
Thanks all
Shawn
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Some noise is to be expected. Engines vary in how quiet they are.
Lately my boxster has developed 2 things,
1. It has a small intermittent ticking noise, sounds like a valve. It does not do it all the time and it is very faint. Is some valve noise to be expected?
2. right after cleaning and oiling my K&N air filter, I noticed a rough spot at about 2400 rpms. I took the K&N out and replaced it with the OEM filter.
Think its the MAF? and is it easy to clean?
Thanks all
Shawn
1. It has a small intermittent ticking noise, sounds like a valve. It does not do it all the time and it is very faint. Is some valve noise to be expected?
2. right after cleaning and oiling my K&N air filter, I noticed a rough spot at about 2400 rpms. I took the K&N out and replaced it with the OEM filter.
Think its the MAF? and is it easy to clean?
Thanks all
Shawn
My advice is to stay away from the K&N. It is not bad just more work to renew (clean/reoil). The stock filter is a very good filter and designed -- foam top layer -- for the Boxster's particularly dirty engine air intake location.
Just change the filter every 15,000 miles or so and don't forget the cabin filter.
After the 1st several oil/filter changes the air filter plays a larger role in engine longevity than the oil filter, unless one insists on following imho that ridiculous 15,000 (or is it 20,000) miles oil service interval.
If you have K&N in place and engine acting funny a MAF cleaning could be called for. NO time to post steps. They exist on the web. Search out mikefocke's site for starters.
May even be a DIY document here in the DIY link or even in the message archives.
Sincerely,
Macster.