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Originally Posted by JFP in PA
Very interesting, as well a questionable. When an IMS gets to the point of death, the immediate result is the engine jumps time, pistons hit valves, and worse follows; but the engine stops running forever. I have never seen or heard of an IMS failure where the engine was able to make any sound once the IMS failed.
You need to be under the car when the filter is pulled, otherwise I have no idea what your chosen shop is up to, but in my estimation, it ain't good.
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Listen to the experts here on this forum. I am by no means one of them but JFP is. I found particles in my filter when performing an oil change on my 986 and I brought the car in to a pcar specialist for analysis. They dropped the oil pan and told me my IMS was bad and I needed a replacement engine. Seriously. After consulting this forum and the generous contributors I took the car back and drove it home. I pulled the transmission and the clutch/flywheel and got to the IMS. Imagine my surprise when I pulled out a pristine condition dual row IMS bearing. I won't be going back to that pcar specialist again.