IMS failure???

[thstone]

Originally Posted by sepesusi63

For example most of the hydraulic lifters (or tappets) were jammed. So I needed to dismantle (not an easy task…) them and clean them properly. I hoped that I have not saved in wrong place with the hydraulic lifters??? I mean not replacing them???

All of the lifters and the lifter carrier should be replaced if you want 100% reliability - especially if there was enough debris in the oil to cause the lifters to jam up.

While it is common to clean them up/re-use and take your chances, this practice is what caused my repeat engine failure after a full rebuild when the used lifters and used lifter carrier failed within several hundred miles after the rebuild.

Best of luck with the rebuild and keep us up to date on your progress!

[rexcramer]

Well done sir, for taking this project on. I/We look forward to learning from your experience. I have had 6 or 7 mid 60's VW engines in pieces in my lap before, but I am not sure about these engines. Please keep us in the loop, as you can.

What has been your biggest struggle/challenge so far?

How close to scrapping the car did you get? Or were you always going to fix it?

Best of Luck and of the New Year

[sepesusi63]

Originally Posted by rexcramer

Well done sir, for taking this project on. I/We look forward to learning from your experience. I have had 6 or 7 mid 60's VW engines in pieces in my lap before, but I am not sure about these engines. Please keep us in the loop, as you can.

What has been your biggest struggle/challenge so far?

How close to scrapping the car did you get? Or were you always going to fix it?

Best of Luck and of the New Year

Thanks for your interest and support

There has not been that difficult parts work wise (not so far), but it has been more difficult to decide in where to draw the line, meaning what parts to replace and what to use from old.

Looking for correct work shop manuals and instruction has not been that easy either.

For sure there will be some challenge when I will start to put it together again, but we take them as they come

Scrapping the car was never real option, although seriously considered
But replacement engine was a serious one.
Main reason being, that I just managed to enjoy the car for 2 months before it broke down.... (bought is end of May and it broke down beginning of August)

Honestly speaking, I have never rebuilt Porsche engine before. Motorcycle engines alone and some smalled car engines together with my father.
But they are man made machines not created by God, so common sense will take you far

[sepesusi63]

I can not think what could be wrong with the lifters if I have teared them in pieces (really all parts apart) and cleaned them properly with diesel oil first and then with ultrasound washer.
After that I have sinked them into motor oil. They will be stored in there until I will assembly them again.
But if there is any doubt that I should replace them, then I will do it for sure?
Additional cost will be only about 10 EUR / pc, so 240 EUR totally.

[sepesusi63]

Originally Posted by thstone

All of the lifters and the lifter carrier should be replaced if you want 100% reliability - especially if there was enough debris in the oil to cause the lifters to jam up.

While it is common to clean them up/re-use and take your chances, this practice is what caused my repeat engine failure after a full rebuild when the used lifters and used lifter carrier failed within several hundred miles after the rebuild.

Best of luck with the rebuild and keep us up to date on your progress!

I am still thinkin about the hydraulic lifters. There was no metallic particles inside when I opened them. Just old tar type of oil...

Don't know if that was the reason why they had jammed?

Read also from somewhere that there has been some type fault in the original lifters (part no 996 105 041 50) and therefore they have been replacesed with new model (part no 996.... 72).

So I am just wondering if cleaning will do the job, or if I have to seriously concider replacement???