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Originally Posted by JFP in PA
IMS failure is much more complicated that just having one simple cause.
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Obviously, but the longer time goes by the more one failure method start showing. The first ones could have been related to production and being under designed(single vs dual row). Now its lubrication and corrosion. You say you guys removed a pristine bearing, did you test the bearing under load? What if it had pitting that couldn't be seen with the naked eye? Or the owner changed the oil every 6 months regardless of mileage. You are right about causes, but ownership's have a lot to do with the state of the car.
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Originally Posted by JFP in PA
It is totally unnecessary, as well as counter productive, to put a hole in shaft plug such as the IMS Solution uses; the other end (oil pump side) vents the tube.
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Isn't the pump side sealed? That's why there is a proposed solution to drill a little hole to allow oil to sneak past pushing everything towards the Aft IMS bearing?
JFP, I know you have a lot of knowledge and may be making a living maintaining these cars. I am just seeing this ownership as a nice car with nice dynamics that is overrun by fear, because it's a "premium vehicle" with premium cost. Finding cheap effective solution is my job and I like sharing my mechanical knowledge.
I don't mind having a problem with a theory, given the chance and money anything can become a fact. At the moment, that isn't a possibility.
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