IMSB - Did I Dodge A Bullet

[Dlirium]

Did you do this IMS work yourself? My buddy and I are looking to replace his clutch in his 99 with 140k miles, and figure we should change the IMS while we are there. He hasn't had a problem, but cheap insurance given he wants to get to 200k at least.

We're just down the road from you!!

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by Dlirium

Did you do this IMS work yourself? My buddy and I are looking to replace his clutch in his 99 with 140k miles, and figure we should change the IMS while we are there. He hasn't had a problem, but cheap insurance given he wants to get to 200k at least.

We're just down the road from you!!

I rather doubt it if he has the IMS Solution; that system requires the acquisition of not only the original IMS tool kit, but also a supplemental on kit plus the Faultless installation system, which would put the retail price for parts and tools alone at nearly $2700.

[Jamesp]

My thoughts are the same as yours. The design of the intermediate shaft, a hollow tube sealed at one end (the oil pump drive end), with a bearing at the other can only serve to force a small amount of engine oil through the ball bearing seals washing out the grease every time the engine warms and cools. There's no way the grease can remain in the bearing for very long under those conditions.

[thom4782]

The IMS Solution won't fit a 99. If you're going the low cost route, then either take the risk of getting another 60K on the current bearing or spend the money to put in a dual row LN IMS Retrofit.

[BobRickel]

Originally Posted by Dlirium

Did you do this IMS work yourself? My buddy and I are looking to replace his clutch in his 99 with 140k miles, and figure we should change the IMS while we are there. He hasn't had a problem, but cheap insurance given he wants to get to 200k at least.

We're just down the road from you!!

I bought a 1997 Boxster and immediately installed this:
It is way less expensive and
more cost effective and I have not had the first problem.

[Jamesp]

Youch! the groove cut down the side of the key at the highest stress concentration screams, "break me!", and where does the punched out piece from the solid end of the IMS go? Through the new bearing if it's not retrieved. The concept is outstanding, but the execution leaves me cold.

[Jamesp]

Just realized, "BobRickel" is posting the same video on other IMS strings. Wonder if there's a sales pitch buried in there somewhere...

[BobRickel]

Originally Posted by Jamesp

Just realized, "BobRickel" is posting the same video on other IMS strings. Wonder if there's a sales pitch buried in there somewhere...

I have no interest, financial or otherwise, in the EPS IMS solution except to share a great product with others on this forum. I have owned/restored 429 vehicles (311 cars/trucks and 118 motorcycles), including 23 Porsches over the last 46 years and know a good product and engineering when I see it.

[Jamesp]

Originally Posted by BobRickel

I have no interest, financial or otherwise, in the EPS IMS solution except to share a great product with others on this forum. I have owned/restored 429 vehicles (311 cars/trucks and 118 motorcycles), including 23 Porsches over the last 46 years and know a good product and engineering when I see it.

Nice numbers Bob. I'm super impressed. Did you know this great product ran unfiltered oil through a roller bearing? Is that how you'd treat the engines in your 4000+ vehicles? Well that's not how I roll, or any car company since the 1920's. Rock on Bob!

[flaps10]

"Unfiltered" is slightly misleading. We're not talking about "never been filtered nasty, metal filled oil", it's oil fresh off the oil pump, immediately before the oil would have been rammed through the filter.

That would make it the same as the splash oil supply used on any other option but the Solution which isn't available to all of us.

One could argue that the LN Solution uses "uncooled" oil since it takes the oil from the filter base but prior to going through the cooler (the next step in the oil path). That would be an unfair claim.

I'd say in both cases the oil is being filtered and cooled several times per minute.

And yes, I have the LN filter and magnetic drain plug ready to install.