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Lil bastard · 10-09-2008, 05:34 PM

....ims???

rick3000 · 10-09-2008, 05:37 PM

IMS = Intermediate Shaft Failure

It is very likely that neither a RMS or IMS failure has occurred, but whenever I hear someone say their engine died, these are the first two causes I think of. I think the best course of action, is to take it to your mechanic and have him figure out what has happened.

cjweiss · 10-09-2008, 06:19 PM

No Oil leaks whatsoever. No noises that I could hear. It just shut off like it lost complete fuel pressure or ignition....which maybe it did but I was hoping for a fusible link problem or something like that. I want to exhaust any possible cures I can complete at home before loading it back on a flatbed, which was quite an ordeal today, and going to a dealer. In my experience, dealers always damage something else on cars they work on....paint etc...I am stupidly fussy and will do all I can to avoid them even if I have a warranty.