10-21-2009, 07:25 AM
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Engine Surgeon
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Cleveland GA USA
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The Money Shot!!!
Here it is... Guess what this circled object is!
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10-21-2009, 07:26 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: shoreham, ny
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Oh man! Tell me that the damn thing just fell out.
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10-21-2009, 07:44 AM
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Engine Surgeon
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Cleveland GA USA
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Nope, when we bust the tranny away from the engine this is what we'll find!
Tick.. Tick... BOOM!
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10-21-2009, 07:58 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Arvada, CO
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What are the stats on that engine?
Year, model, # of owners, driving style?
BC.
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Its all about how big your smile is at the end of the day that truly matters.
'98 Silver Boxster, '08 Ducati 848, '89 Honda Hawk GT, '89 Honda Pacific Coast
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10-21-2009, 08:13 AM
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Engine Surgeon
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Cleveland GA USA
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53K miles.
Not sure of the other details yet.
The failure report will indicate all of this, after I tear it down.
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10-21-2009, 12:52 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Bowmanville, Ont
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I guess our versions of the "money shot" are different 
What's the odds of it just laying there?
Jim
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Originally Posted by Jake Raby
Here it is... Guess what this circled object is!
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10-21-2009, 01:16 PM
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Track rat
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Southern ID
Posts: 3,701
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Sheared off IMS bolt?
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2009 Cayman 2.9L PDK (with a few tweaks)
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10-21-2009, 01:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Des Moines, IA
Posts: 8,083
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Whatever it is, it can't be good, right?
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10-21-2009, 01:57 PM
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Engine Surgeon
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Cleveland GA USA
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Originally Posted by Topless
Sheared off IMS bolt?
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You got it! What lurks under the bearing flange is another failed IMS bearing! This one had just seized.
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10-22-2009, 06:54 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Chicago suburbs
Posts: 1,675
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Ouch...I imagine the inards are a bit busted up?
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2002 Boxster S
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