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					Originally Posted by  maytag
					 
				 
				I've neither read nor seen anything in your thread that would make me think the IMS has failed.   
 
How and why did you come to such a conclusion? 
  
			
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All of the metal in the oil filter, the oil had tons of metal in it. I guess the cam timing is off when it the IMS goes, causing limp mode. Makes sense to me, I think it's dead. The odd thing is the normal revving when I unplugged the mass airflow sensor. 
It did make a funky noise once while in limp mode. 
All of the metal in the oil is why I think it's the IMS. It was worse in person. There were some serious chunks.