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Originally Posted by ksjohn
Apparently I am one of the unlucky 1%! My cheap 99 boxster has a bad IMS. I am not overly surprised or upset, at least fixing it will remove that big unknown.
I drained the oil and dropped the sump. See the attached picture of debris I found in the sump. Most of it is plastic but there were 2 metal pieces large enough to pick out. They appear to be part of a ball bearing, about 4.8 mm long, ferrous.
Showed the picture to a Porsche mechanic. He said, "That is IMS debris, don't start the engine until it is fixed!"
I will be ordering the bearing, RMS and clutch in the next few days. A friend and I will do the repair........
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You must approach with care. At this point the tiniest of debris has become suspended in the engine's oil and has been circulating through the engine for some time, damaging other components (no, the filter barely helps keep this from happening!).
LN Engineering products, as well as the IMS Solution require an engine be pre- evaluated before being fitted with any IMS product. An engine at Stage 4 failure is not considered a preventative repair, and should not pass the pre- evaluation.
Review this directive concerning IMS Bearings that are being retrofitted, but are already failing.
Bearing already failing? | IMS Retrofit