Man stuck indoors on rainy Monday takes $40K gamble on Porsche Macan with a 'big problem'

While stuck inside on a rainy Monday, this British man took a $40,000 gamble on a Porsche Macan S, which turned out to be carrying a potentially ‘big problem’.

We’ve all been there: impulse shopping on a rainy day.

The English YouTuber said he wasn’t even looking for a new car, he was just scrolling auction listings when he stumbled across the 2019 Porsche Macan S.

Despite the listing including a small warning about ‘engine bay noise/tapping’, the YouTuber decided to drop $40,000 on it, and find out later if he’d just scored a total bargain or a mechanical money pit.

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He took a $40K gamble on Porsche Macan

When this British YouTuber was bored, he decided to doomscroll car auction sites.

This was when he stumbled across a 3-liter V6 engine-powered 2019 Porsche Macan S with just 25,000 miles on the cloc.

Not only does it kick out 354 horsepower, this specific Macan came with $15,000 worth of factory option upgrades.

The upgrades came in the form of a panoramic roof, adaptive sport seats, 20-inch Turbo wheels, PASM suspension, Sport Chrono package, and even a Bose sound system.

However, there was just one catch in the wording of the listing: “Engine bay noise/tapping.”

Despite the warning, the YouTuber said he was aware that the market value for a Macan like this was $50,000–$52,000, so dropping $40,000 on it made him feel like he scored an epic deal.

Was it a bargain or a money pit?

When the Porsche Macan S finally arrived, it looked flawless; it had clean paint, a mint interior, a full service history with five Porsche-stamped services.

Everything suggested his gamble had paid off… until he turned the key.

This was when he heard a very light ticking noise coming from the rear of the engine, but it had no warning lights or check-engine codes.

Even the diagnostic scanner came back clean.

Despite this, even a light ticking noise from a Porsche is enough to set a Porsche owner’s teeth on edge.

After draining the oil and refitting the filter, he got to work trying to diagnose the sound.

The sound, he said, likely came from a weak timing-chain tensioner on the passenger side, so when oil pressure rises, the tensioner tightens, explaining why the noise fades at higher revs.

A full engine-out timing-chain replacement is the kind of job that makes your wallet cry, so maybe this was less of a bargain than he thought it was.

He’s taken the Porsche to a Porsche dealership to decide whether, on that rainy Monday, he found himself a bargain or a money pit.

We await his update with bated breath.

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