IMSB Seasonal Storage

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

LNE uses triple row bearings on their rebuilds? Is this the same as the plain bearing in the IMS Solution?

LN does not build engines.

The IMS Solution was developed for my engine program, and was invented right here by Charles Navarro and I.

See the "Tech Forum" in Excellence Magazine in November of 2013 for a 3,000 word feature on the IMS Solution.

[Jamesp]

I bought an old style IMS with bearing on ebay - very hard to find - to rebuild my 3.2 with a failed IMS. After reading Pedros thoughts on IMS bearing failure I convinced myself to remove the bearing and check for oil in the IMS, and boy howdy did I find it! Ther was about half a cup of rancid engine oil in the IMS. It was so bad there were chunks of what appeared to be baked oil floating around in there. It even smelled bad. The bearing seals looked good, and the bearing feels ok. No evidence of corrosion on the bearing inner surface or interior of the IMS. Still, a replacement beaing is in order. I see two paths for oil intrusionand subsequent acidification into the IMS. 1) through the non metalic seals on the OEM bearing, 2) around the bearing to IMS interface. I wonder if falures are determined by which path the oil takes?