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Old 01-07-2012, 10:04 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Jake Raby View Post
-One of them suffered damage from a tensioner paddle failure that contaminated the bearing with foreign object debris.. The bearing will not live through this, don't even expect it to.
So, isn't that the reason that Porsche used (or attempted to use) a sealed bearing? Especially during breaking in of the engine there is always some crap floating around.
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