IMS failure - how can I confirm my engine is toast?

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

Not a matter of being critical, very few engines that have suffered an IMS failure make it with a replacement bearing and not being taken apart and cleaned; the odds against you are very high. You were quite fortunate, literally "one of the few"............

Therefore, this shouldn't even be attempted. If you do it, please use a competitors products, and make sure you post the failure pics after it fails again.