Excellence say just remove the IMS outer seal!

[thstone]

Originally Posted by Skrapmot

What was the other 9?

1. Change oil every 3-5K miles or once a year
2. When changing the oil/filter, check the oil filter for debris
3. Use a magnetic oil drain plug
4. Use an oil with high levels of ZDDP (anti-wear compound)
5. Install a spin on oil filter adapter
6. Drive the car sportingly - upshift above 3K rpm
7. Listen to the engine more and get to know its natural sounds
8. Install an IMS bearing monitoring device
9. Remove and check oil sump for debris every 20K miles

[thom4782]

JD may be waiting a long time for the IMS Absolution. The back story on this morning's news flash from Rome is "Popemobile suffers catastrophic IMSB Absolution failure while testing at Vatican Square - Pope distraught, resigns!" .

[Jake Raby]

That was written by Tony Callas, he is my co-instructor in the WTI M96 engine classes that we instruct across the country. We just finished a class yesterday and this question came up.

I will send him this link and see if he has the time to write a response to clarify the position that he took when writing that article.

Removing the seal is the best option when it is the only option; like with a 2006 or newer M97 based engine. Before we spearheaded the IMS retrofit seal removal is all that could be done with ANY model of M96 engine as well.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Jake Raby

That was written by Tony Callas, he is my co-instructor in the WTI M96 engine classes that we instruct across the country. We just finished a class yesterday and this question came up.

He was also the one who told the one Boxster owner writing in to Excellence to be leary of Mobil 1 0-40 because of suspect levels of ZDDP and the trouble that's causing in valvetrain wear. I guess Excellence are off the Mobil 1 Holiday card list.