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Originally Posted by paolodiquigley
Thanks for the replies.
Well I'm putting some money aside incase I have to have something done. Is there a way to tell if I have the single or double row? The only reason I would have it done is for piece of mind but considering the car has made it to 80000 miles no problem would that be an indicator that it could last for a fair bit longer yet? I didn't have a check done, just researched on here the things to look for and took it out for a decent test drive to get a good feel for it. I also checked all the service history and receipts. The water pump and fuel pump were done last year and it had a full service 4000 miles ago. I'm really not sure what to do regarding the ims. Does anyone know a pretty accurate figure how much it would cost to have done? Have seen a few prices that vary greatly.
Thanks again
As a car for driving I can't say enough good things about it, unlike anything I've driven before!!!
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Mileage as a decider goes out the window if the car was owned by different people who treated the car differently. You can have a car that was driven and maintained correctly, and then a new owner benefits. Or on the other hand you can have a car that had all the wrong type of oils, oil change intervals that were too long, the car sat idle for long stretches, and was then taken a long road trips, the oil was not changed IMMEDIATELY before storage, and so it went for 14 years. One is a prime candidate for an IMS failure, the other is not. How do you know which is which simply going off the odometer?
And there really have been no comprehensive studies (that have been made public) about a correlation between mileage and IMS failure. And even then this would be problematic because all cars are treated and driven differently.
The only way to know if you have the more problematic single row is if the previous owner replaced the bearing or if you take down the transmission and have poke inside.
But it's true the IMS issue is overblown because we have had a way of addressing this for many years now, one that does not require removing the engine and can be done in a single day at the shop. In the many years I've been on this forum I don't' recall a single instance where someone came on here and reported an IMS failure after upgrading the bearing. Meanwhile there have been many failures from folks with 2001-2004 cars that procrastinated. What is not overblown and not discussed enough are the number of people who procrastinate on replacing the water pump, this is far more likely to be the culprit of a downed engine than the IMS.