[Jamesp]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

Not to be pedantic, but if you had an IMS failure and did not take the engine apart and rebuild it, I'm afraid the odds on this engine surviving are very long against you. That metal is going to continue to circulate with the oil, abrading everything it touches, including the new IMS bearing. Oil flushes , magnets, and filter changes are not going to get it all out.

When an M96/97 suffers an internal failure that spreads metal debris through the engine, it is difficult, even in an engine cleaning tank, to get it all out. The best way to dislodge it is in an ultra sonic cleaning tank.

Here is what was done:

Engine Removal, Rebuild, and Re-installaion