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Originally Posted by Walter White
Your engine is out. Are you going to do it?
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I'm thinking this is round 2 if the grease continues to leave the bearing with the modifications I've already made to the IMS currently in my engine. I plan to replace the clutch and flywheel in about 15k miles and I already have a spanking new Nachi greased sealed bearing in place. I'll go with the modified key concept drawn below if the grease has left the bearing, and to answer Jake's question, a hole at the bottom of the hex drive hole in the IMS shaft will communicate oil pressure between the oil pump and the inside of the IMS tube. I'll top that off with an open (silicon) ceramic bearing open at both sides. and Jake, can you shoot me the patent number on this? I'd like to see what's been done so far in this area. The size of the hole is an interesting point, it would be nice to fill the IMS tube with a mist, not just dump oil in there. And Walter, why do you say the oil on the high pressure side of the pump is dirty?