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Originally Posted by ol doc gully
I've made the same argument. He's quite (perhaps overly) attached. But if insurance can/will repair without totalling theres no need for any heroic effort. However, I'm not familiar with IMSB failure? Please elaborate?
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I've been through what your father is going through....I totaled a Boxster and when the insurance adjuster got up to $10+ thousand, he stopped figuring what it would cost to repair it. So I replaced it with another Boxster, but that's another story.
The IMSB is a reference to the
intermediate shaft bearing.....it's the achilles heel of some early (pre-2009) Porsche Boxsters, Caymans, and 911s (all of which share the M96 engine). If it destinegrates, the pieces will travel through the engine and pretty much destroy it.
There is a wealth of information about this problem on these boards, so you can do a search on the subject. One thing you should keep in mind: we don't really know what the actual failure rate is. Some say 5% of the engines will have this problem, and some say the number is closer to 10%. No one knows for sure.....not even Porsche itself.
Good luck in whatever you do.