do caymens have ims issue?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by trimer

Do Porsche dealers replace the OEM factory given IMS with a new OEM IMS in the early single row models or do they tell you to drive the car as is? Just curious, I have never seen anything on it. I am not sure a P dealer does preventative maintenance like that do they?

if so, for the cars up to 2005 single row - is it as easy as the LN Engineering replacement with an OEM bearing...meaning pull out old and stick in new or does the Porsche OEM version still have to split the case for single row?

Clear as mud?

Porsche dealers do/did not do anything; if the bearing failed, the engine was replaced, either under warranty if you had one, or at the owner's expense. Porsche also never admitted that it was possible to change out the IMS bearing without taking the engine apart.

From 1998 to 2004, it was possible to replace the bearings (single or double row); starting in 2005, the "final solution" IMS bearing cannot be changed out without totally rebuilding the engine. LN has an upgraded shaft with a ceramic tripled row for the 2005 and on cars, but very few were ever done because of the cost of the rebuild.