Oil Change Frequency after LN IMS Bearing

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by bwillia080261

Correct me if I am wrong but the LN IMS bearing does not retrofit an oil journal to feed the bearing. Therefore the IMS bearing itself is NOT oil fed. so why is oil change quantity and quality of any relevance to the LN bearing?

The IMSR was developed around a 5K mile, 6 month oil service. I know, I did it.

The main key is to keep an oil feeding the unit thats got a healthy anti- wear package, and after 6 months in service, any oil will begin to see this diminish.