IMS tell tale

[BirdDog]

Ok, here's my take on it...

There wouldn't have been a class action lawsuit brought against them, and PCNA wouldn't have settled, if there wasn't some merit to the argument that the single row bearings have a higher than acceptable failure rate.

If it worries you, have an LN ceramic bearing installed. Any shop that does it should pre-qualify your engine (by checking for metal debris in the oil filter and sump) before doing it. If they find metal, start sourcing a good used replacement engine or commit to tearing it down and rebuilding it.

If you never want to have to worry about the IMS bearing again, have an IMS solution installed. This will only prevent your engine from going boom from an IMS bearing failure. There are lots of other things that can cause your engine to go boom... (in my case it was a horribly stretched main timing chain which we caught just in time).

Whether it worries you or not, just get out there and drive it ("like you stole it").

[paulofto]

JFP has provided more valuable advise on owning and maintaining a Boxster along with Jake Raby and Pedro Bonilla then anyone else on this form, maybe throw in Mike Focke and Macster.

They have the knowledge and facts to back up their opinions because they have worked on 100's if not 1000's of Porsches. I will take their advise over anyone who has owned only one or two Porsches. Their knowledge is empirical, mine and most others on this board are only anecdotal in origin.

[pidj]

Originally Posted by paulofto

JFP has provided more valuable advise on owning and maintaining a Boxster along with Jake Raby and Pedro Bonilla then anyone else on this form, maybe throw in Mike Focke and Macster.

They have the knowledge and facts to back up their opinions because they have worked on 100's if not 1000's of Porsches. I will take their advise over anyone who has owned only one or two Porsches. Their knowledge is empirical, mine and most others on this board are only anecdotal in origin.

Given the length of time that they have been advising, I would not dispute that. It doesn't give one the license to be condescending or disdainful. My original comment was almost rhetorical in nature that if an owner wishes to handle IMS work at the same time as clutch work (many threads here mentioning that as a best practice) that's great, but what if the owner still has a 'perfect' clutch? Then they (the owner) have a decision to make.

If you read a question or comment on a thread (in ANY user forum) that you think is stupid, or pointless or evidence of someone being mentally retarded (to use hyperbole), why answer it? Just move on. If you think that it's all of the above, but you actually wish to help, then ask for clarification. It may be a matter of semantics or other as to why you think that way.

P.S. the "You" is a generalization of a the forum user