Poll:IMS related engine failure

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Poll:IMS related engine failure

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View Poll Results: Has your Boxster sustained a IMS failure, requiring engine replacement?
No:1997-1999 MY	16	25.00%
Yes:1997-1999 MY	2	3.13%
Yes-multiple failures: 1997-1999 MY	0	0%
No: 2000-2004 MY	43	67.19%
Yes: 2000-20004 MY	4	6.25%
Yes-multiple failures: 2000-2004 MY	0	0%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 64. You may not vote on this poll

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11-23-2011, 05:18 AM

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MikenOH

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Originally Posted by silverboxter

Car was never laid up...i drove it daily. Ninety miles a day / 5 days a week. Changed the oil every 5k miles. As for Buzzing....I never raced and never red-lined. To me, this is being babied.

Like I said, having 129k miles I figured I was beyond the IMS failure "window". My understanding was that the IMS failed early on.

M1-0W-40 oil or something else?

Sounds like you did all the right things--driven daily/5-6k oil changes--and it still failed.

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