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Old 12-29-2014, 04:39 PM   #235
Jamesp
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Originally Posted by BobRickel View Post
My local indy mechanic has been working on these cars for years. His fix is to pull the engine, center punch a hole from the front oil pressured side of the IMS and put in a roller bearing with no seals. The oil comes through the IMS shaft from the front pressurized side and flows through the roller bearing and out the rear side thus constantly lubricating the bearing with pressurized oil. He charges $1400 to do this on cars with Tiptronic, which includes all parts
This looks eerily similar to post 192 in this thread, which seems to have some fatal, if yet undefined flaw. Looks good to me, but I'll punch holes in an IMS shaft with very little provocation. Careful with that oil pressure however!
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