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Originally Posted by blib
05, 50,000 miles, IMS failure 300 yards from home last May. I paid a local specialist $6000, to repair! He didn'teven.drag a magnet to try to get debris out.of crankcase. It currently being disassembled in my garage to see if it can be salvaged. My Porsche dealer told me there was no reason to beleive the bearing would fail!
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Hi stumbled across this forum whilst looking for a solution to a sticking steering wheel and found the answer I needed. Then starting reading the comments on IMS etc. I shouldn't be surprised that the IMS issue is the same the world over.
I have just bought a 3.2S Boxster from a company called Hartech in the UK after they rebuilt the engine after an IMS failure. The guys at Hartech are real experts (probably the best known in the UK) on these engines and if you look at their web site there is a wealth of information on possible causes for IMS failures / bore scoring etc along with some good advice. However although I am no expert it seems that the number of failures is relatively small but gains such prominence due to the high cost of repairs. How many high performance cars wouldn't suffer some form of problem after 10-15 years.
Great site, I will be a regular visitor.
