Thread: IMS failure???
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Old 08-02-2015, 12:43 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by sepesusi63 View Post
My 2003 Boxster drained all oil out on road today...
Found out the problem only after it was pulled back to my garage.
There was a hole in the engine block quite near to the place were IMS pinion wheels are located.
Can it be IMS bearing failure? There has been no noise from the bearings earlier on! But just before the oil game out, the was a sound like empty beer can has been dragged underneat the car...
Car has been driven only 118.000 km.
All ideas and tips are valuable!
Pictures are attached:
Something blew a hole near one of the chains. Pull the oil filter and look at it, if it is full of metal, drop the sump cover; if that is also full of metal, the engine needs to come out and apart regardless of what has failed.
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