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Old 09-24-2013, 09:47 AM   #13
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I agree but I would NOT recommend people to use the LNE or Pelican retrofit. Those are just as good (or bad) as the OEM..
arguable. In the 3-4 years since the aftermarket options have become available, and across the various Porsche forums, I can't recall a single person who did the upgrade and came back to report an engine failure. Not a single one. In fact, I'm not sure I can think of any other product that you can buy for a Porsche today that never had a person post a complaint after the job was done. Neither Pelican nor LNE.

Point is to take the orginal one out at some point, sooner if its the single bearing unit. And with most things in Porsche world, if you have to replace a known weak spot, replace it with something better and in the case of the LNE unit it is in fact a much better spec'd unit over stock. Even if the bearing is not the root cause of the issue its still a critical engine component that should show signs of development, not unlike your coolant cap. And if you go with the LNE Solution, you remove ball bearings from the equation entirely which pretty much means you never have to service the bearing or need to worry about oil feed issues ever again. Sure its expensive but welcome to Porsche world where parts are expensive on the following days: M-F, Saturday and Sundays.
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