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Yesterday my mechanic removed the sump pan on the '04 Boxster S; to my delight it was spotless - not a spec of plastic, metal etc. It looks like the oil leak - which I had assumed was coming from the RMS - is actually coming from some place near the top of the engine. It is possible that something was missed or cracked during the AOS replacement when I first got the car.

The quandry now is do I go through with the hassle and expense of a new clutch, RMS and IMS bearing if the oil leak is not from the RMS? The clutch is a little hard to push in, but doesn't slip or chatter; car has 95K on it. I'm inclined to fix the oil leak then keep driving it as is and watch the oil filter for debris. I can live with the clutch, and hopefully if the IMS bearing has held up this long it probably turned out to be one of the good ones.