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Originally Posted by That986
My thoughts: stop hyping this up
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Agree'd.
Maybe we should have a sticky that says
"Concerned about IMS? Read this", and to just state all of the facts so that the owner can make up their own minds. It's ridiculous the amount of over-hyped threads on this.
Fact of the matter is this:
- It's extremely rare, but it can happen. So can a car accident.
- It'll happen more on cars that are rarely driven, than cars that are, due to the bearing being lubricated more.
- There are sometimes tell tale signs; oil leaks and metal flakes in the oil filter
- If you do have signs, check/replace the bearing.
- If you don't have any signs and it's driven often, just drive the car and enjoy it.
- If you don't have any signs but it's rarely driven,
consider a replacement only by looking at the above facts and making your own mind up, as replacement IMS's have also been known to fail.
There's no 'should' or 'shouldn't', there's just the facts, and a decision to be made by the owner, both of which are completely justified.
You can't say someone is wrong for not changing the bearing as, like said, replacement ones have been known to fail and it's a rare thing to happen anyway. You also can't say someone is wrong for replacing it as they may have a car that's rarely driven and want a fresh new bearing.
Can we please consider some sort of sticky to stop the 100,000,000 over-hyped threads on the same subject?