Opinions are welcome on IMS issue. ...I know

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by mmassey0125

I had a 2001 boxster s which I traded for an '06 (126,000 vs 32,000 miles). Anyway I was told that if your car has made it past the 50,000 mile mark it's a safe bet the ims is fine. Just make sure to do oil changes regularly, I do every 6 months, and if you want to change out the ims wait until you need to replace the clutch. You'll save on labor.

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I would not bet on that mileage claim; we have seen too many 50k+ IMS failures om single rows to agree.

[Cbonilla]

Do not buy into the "If it was good at 30K, it will be good at 230k" IMS bearing. Mine went out at 105k just a month ago. I made the difficult decision to replace the engine in a 13 year old car. In my defense, my car is a Tiptronic so I never had the chance to piggy back an IMS replacement on a clutch job. Do it, if only for the peace of mind

Carlos