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I have had many vehicles that have a chance that the motor will fail in, all these had inherent issues from factory. Some were cam chain issues, some were valve train issues, some were oiling issues, some were crank bearing issues - They all had things that were just a bit wonky with them.
If you go onto the sites for those engines there is much less fear mongering. All these vehicles would take about $6-12k to replace to motor.
I suspect because these are Porsche's that this happens - or people think they have a fix and want to help others (or fill their pockets)
I have read a lot of the UK/EUR forums and the main statement is these are not the best built motor but if you take the outer seal off the IMS bearing your failure rate plummets.
Besides doing that one should really look at doing a tear down and full rebuild with a stronger bearing system.
I do not know what the answer is but I do know I have a car with a motor reliability issue.
I drive it - I love it - some days I worry about it
I am getting to the point where I will no longer be reading anything about IMS bearing - It is starting to become........ irritating.
Anyone look at increasing the oil pump output? Wonder if that would help? How would one increase the oil pump output?
Oh God - now I am in on it.
Lord save us all.
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