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[NewArt]

Thank you Paul for adding a sparkle into this dreary prospect!

[PaulE]

Originally Posted by NewArt

Thank you Paul for adding a sparkle into this dreary prospect!

FWIW mine was running too when the IMSB failed, at the valet parking of the Fairmont hotel at Mt. Tremblant before the first day of an HPDE. Shut it down and parked it, and restarted it one more time later that day so the 2 guys from my independent shop who were also at the HPDE could hear it. It sounded like a washing machine full of rocks running with no water in it. I also had very little metal in my filter or sump. My IMSB was an LN Single Row Pro with about 26,000 miles on it. I'm going with the permanent solution this time around.

[NewArt]

Originally Posted by PaulE

FWIW mine was running too when the IMSB failed, at the valet parking of the Fairmont hotel at Mt. Tremblant before the first day of an HPDE. Shut it down and parked it, and restarted it one more time later that day so the 2 guys from my independent shop who were also at the HPDE could hear it. It sounded like a washing machine full of rocks running with no water in it. I also had very little metal in my filter or sump. My IMSB was an LN Single Row Pro with about 26,000 miles on it. I'm going with the permanent solution this time around.

Well, that’s some interesting information! Did you talk to LN about the failure? 25,000 warranty?

[PaulE]

Originally Posted by NewArt

Well, that’s some interesting information! Did you talk to LN about the failure? 25,000 warranty?

They're doing right by me. Stuff happens. Who can say for sure if the oil pump part, timing chain paddle or IMSB went first. I always stayed with Mobil One, didn't switch over to the Joe Gibbs oil after the IMSB upgrade, which was done at 42,000 miles. And all this happened after driving 10 hours from NJ to Mt. Tremblant in 100 degree Fahrenheit heat last July. I'll be happy to get my car back and do a few HPDEs this season,

[Homeoboxter]

Originally Posted by PaulE

They're doing right by me. Stuff happens. Who can say for sure if the oil pump part, timing chain paddle or IMSB went first. I always stayed with Mobil One, didn't switch over to the Joe Gibbs oil after the IMSB upgrade, which was done at 42,000 miles. And all this happened after driving 10 hours from NJ to Mt. Tremblant in 100 degree Fahrenheit heat last July. I'll be happy to get my car back and do a few HPDEs this season,

If timing chain paddle or oil pump had gone first that should`ve left the IMSB intact. After paying over $800 hundred for a bearing that falls apart in 26000 miles I think i`d be a bit more disappointed to say the least..

[The Radium King]

Originally Posted by Homeoboxter

If timing chain paddle or oil pump had gone first that should`ve left the IMSB intact. After paying over $800 hundred for a bearing that falls apart in 26000 miles I think i`d be a bit more disappointed to say the least..

that's what i was thinking. and should be able to handle a weekend drive through the adirondacks without exploding.

[NewArt]

Originally Posted by The Radium King

that's what i was thinking. and should be able to handle a weekend drive through the adirondacks without exploding.

It’s a bit of a quandary. Here we have these cars that are getting rather long in tooth and have had certain very particular weaknesses. Obviously, there are not a miriad of developers looking for solutions in a non lucrative niche market so we are left with a handful of small guru companies that offer their flavor of “cure”. Many of us, myself included, have bought into the LN religion but it’s not as if we have a whole lot to choose from. Is an 800 dollar bearing really worth that kind of money? Paul may well think perhaps not, but then he decided to up the ante to the “ims solution”. Probably a good choice but again, it’s serious money for a feckin bearing!
Sorry about the rant but I don’t even want to talk about the $500+ (okay, only 400 US) that I just dropped for an engine rebuild 101 course from another of our favourite gurus which turned out to be a 4 hour feckin PowerPoint explaining to me basically everything that I already knew about these engines...

[kk2002s]

Originally Posted by PaulE

..... I'm going with the permanent solution this time around.....

Would that be buying a Honda Civic?