Poll:IMS related engine failure - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

MikenOH · 11-21-2011, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by silverboxter

I thought that my daily driver 2001 Base Box was safe since it had over 100,000 miles. I performed all services before required and "babied" my car. Never raced or red-lined. The IMS failed at 129,666 miles. Don't know if it was bad luck or bad design....I just know that my wallet took a hit to get a donor engine and get her back on the road. Guess this is another, "I never thought this would happen to me story."

Hope it doesn't happen to you...

questions:

laid up for extended periods?

Oil change interval and which one used?

How often do you buzz it?

Overdrive · 11-21-2011, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by MikenOH

How often do you buzz it?

If you mean what I think you mean I'm pretty sure his answer would be "never" since he mentioned that he "babied" it.

silverboxter · 11-22-2011, 03:35 PM

Car was never laid up...i drove it daily. Ninety miles a day / 5 days a week. Changed the oil every 5k miles. As for Buzzing....I never raced and never red-lined. To me, this is being babied.

Like I said, having 129k miles I figured I was beyond the IMS failure "window". My understanding was that the IMS failed early on.

MikenOH · 11-23-2011, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by silverboxter

Car was never laid up...i drove it daily. Ninety miles a day / 5 days a week. Changed the oil every 5k miles. As for Buzzing....I never raced and never red-lined. To me, this is being babied.

Like I said, having 129k miles I figured I was beyond the IMS failure "window". My understanding was that the IMS failed early on.

M1-0W-40 oil or something else?

Sounds like you did all the right things--driven daily/5-6k oil changes--and it still failed.

silverboxter · 11-24-2011, 09:29 PM

used mobil. followed maint schedule religiously. don't get me wrong...i love my box. i just find it hard to believe that it happened to me. i could understand if it happened to a garage queen or any other not well maintained vehicle. i followed all the rules and still got screwed. i still have a smile on my face when i drive my box...just don't ask me about the IMS!