Ouch, IMS failure on Ebay - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

timothy · 09-22-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Perfectlap

Is there any truth to this occuring more with the 03-04 cars because of the revised IMS design being more prone to failure than the earlier design?

Not sure but my 03 has 92k miles and is going strong both on the street and track. That being said it will probably die tomorrow.

Sure wish I had seen this auction before it ended!

blinkwatt · 09-23-2009, 07:16 AM

The IMS was redesigned in 00'+ from the 97-99's,hence why it's an issue with newer M96 engines. 3.2L & 3.4L tend to have more of an issue with it. Just look how many 996 bad engine threads there are on Rennlist. If the IMS were redesigned again from 03'+ on I'm not sure.

Jake Raby · 09-23-2009, 10:34 AM

The IMS bearing revisions made the issues WORSE! The early cars have a double row bearing, mid year cars have a single row bearing with 1/2 as much bearing support!!

this was done to allow bearing removal and replacement so Porsche didn't owe you a new engine under warranty when it started to take a crap.

They all equally suck, I received a phone call yesterday from an IMS victim with a failure of a 00 bearing at 37K miles.. Today I have gotten TWO calls, one from an 02 Carrera owner and the other from an 04 Boxster S Owner.

Last week I had 7 IMS bearing failure calls, and two D chunk failure calls...

Perfectlap · 09-23-2009, 11:31 AM

^ What's the fix costing these days? (on the boxster not the 996)

Do you ever see this with the 996 TT's?

blinkwatt · 09-23-2009, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Perfectlap

Do you ever see this with the 996 TT's?

Shouldn't be. The TT,gt2,gt3 engines are all based of the GT1 race car and have completely different engine designs.

blinkwatt · 09-23-2009, 11:51 AM

Jake I thought the IMS was redesigned from 99'-00' to reduce engine noise?

ChrisZang · 09-23-2009, 01:01 PM

$10k is a damn good price for a roller IMHO

Question for Jake:
When my IMS failed last year my ext. warranty paid for a new engine

This engine was supposed to have "all the upgrades".
Any idea what Porsche did to make a 2008 3.2L replacement engine more solid?

ChrisZang · 09-24-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Perfectlap

^ What's the fix costing these days? (on the boxster not the 996)

Mine cost total (parts + labor) around $15k

urban_legend · 09-24-2009, 05:03 PM

10K for the roller, 15K for the engine - 25K (at least) all in.

Lots of good Boxster selling under $20k. Heck mine was totaled out and could of been fixed with a new door, rear quarter and rocker panel. Salvage value was 5K - so back on the road for under 10K (my guess).

Perfectlap · 09-25-2009, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisZang

Mine cost total (parts + labor) around $15k

so its like buying another used Boxster....what's the point of that?
If you sell it with the detonated engine what can you get for it? $5K from a guy looking to race it?

mptoledo · 09-25-2009, 10:13 AM

For Jake it makes the most sense, as the car's condition is near perfect and for him to drop an engine in it will be a lot cheaper than you or me. Plus he might even be able to write it off as a test car or something. Its almost a no brainer. Almost all salvaged porsches have been wrecked and most likey have frame damage and costly body/headlight damage. If I was a mechanic I would consider something like this a gift, as half the cost of an engine swap for us is in labor and with jakes engines, Well I am sure he would cut himself one heck of a discount and labor is negligible

For someone like me, I could probably get an engine (regular not modded) for around 5 to 7 grand, then pay somebody to put it in. Not that great of a deal for me.