Shortlived Boxster engines survey

[Steve Tinker]

Good to hear....
Here's hoping you have many, many trouble free km from your car now you have bitten the bullet.

[dannythemanny]

Originally Posted by Steve Tinker

Good to hear....
Here's hoping you have many, many trouble free km from your car now you have bitten the bullet.

I think the whole IMS thing is over stressed and not necessarily a problem most people need to worry about. Unofficial figures quote less than 10% incidence overall across many years and we all know there are no 'official' figures. A lot of scare mongering is going on here especially from companies with a vested interest.

[njbray]

Originally Posted by dannythemanny

I think the whole IMS thing is over stressed and not necessarily a problem most people need to worry about. Unofficial figures quote less than 10% incidence overall across many years and we all know there are no 'official' figures. A lot of scare mongering is going on here especially from companies with a vested interest.

I have just purchased an immaculate 43000 mile 2001 with a full service history. I purchased it privately so no warranty! The first thing i had done was IMS, clutch and water pump. I am very glad I did. I have just opened up the old IMS and it seems perfect BUT is full of oil not grease! In my view these bearings are not made to run on oil so it is only a matter of time before it starts to fail.
I would not have been comfortable just driving it around until I needed a clutch, now I don't need to worry for the next 60,000 miles.
I think we need to consider IMS a service item and not just hope that it's going to be ok.
If you want cheap worry free motoring go buy a Toyota not a Porsche!

[Laflamme02]

Originally Posted by njbray

I have just purchased an immaculate 43000 mile 2001 with a full service history. I purchased it privately so no warranty! The first thing i had done was IMS, clutch and water pump.

How much did this cost you, parts and labor, if you don't mind me asking?
Also, any other service or maintenance. Needed since? I'm looking at getting one soon and want to know a good estimate for the IMS replacement cost.

[njbray]

Originally Posted by Laflamme02

How much did this cost you, parts and labor, if you don't mind me asking?
Also, any other service or maintenance. Needed since? I'm looking at getting one soon and want to know a good estimate for the IMS replacement cost.

About $3400 out the door. They also pressure checked the AOS and gave the car an overall check up.

[Simon Wooldridge]

Hi all
Bought my 2003 3.2S in Canberra, Australia last August. Since reading about the IMS vulnerability and asking around, I felt like I was playing Russian Roulette every time I went for a drive (car has done ~87,000 km).
Had the IMS fixed and service with fresh consumables a couple of weeks ago by a local Porsche specialist. The price, including another oil and filter change in a thousand km, was $AU 2,600. I suspect I was done some favours. Now I feel completely confident - well worth the investment!

[Oldporscheguy]

Was at my mechanics shop on MOnday and watched a 2005 Boxster being towed away withe a IMS failure after only 28K miles. We just bought a 40K mile junk Boxster S with good engine and transmission to put into a 2000 S with a blown IMS failure engine. and we did the IMS bearing during the swap. Cost was $3800 for bearing, clutch and remove good engine and transmission from donor car and replace into the 2000.

We chose the LN Engineering ceramic bearing. If you don't do a proactive IMS replacement, make sure you change oil often and cut open the oil filter and look for Metal and plastic at each oil change.

[mikefocke]

Originally Posted by dannythemanny

I think the whole IMS thing is over stressed and not necessarily a problem most people need to worry about. Unofficial figures quote less than 10% incidence overall across many years and we all know there are no 'official' figures. A lot of scare mongering is going on here especially from companies with a vested interest.

Ah but there are official figures that Porsche admitted to in settling a lawsuit. The single row bearing ('00-'04.5) was the subject of the lawsuit and the admitted figure was ~1% per car year.

May not be a big thing unless you have to scrap your car, buy a new engine or pay to have the engine completely rebuilt. My two were never a problem, but, if it is yours that does, . . .

Plus the widespread knowledge of this issue has savaged the value of the cars. Everyone who has sold has felt the pain.