Poll:IMS related engine failure

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by mikefocke

The claims alone should warn you against this specific product. Nothing is Eternal.

There are IMS replacement bearing kits where many thousands of owners over many years with many tens of thousands of kilometers of driving and many postings on forums might lead you to suspect that they are reliable. There are other newer products where it is too soon to tell...interesting design theories but where is the proof?

And a lot depends on the skill and experience of the installer.

"That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence." - Christopher Hitchens

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." – Richard Phillips Feynman

Mike, the only thing "eternal" about the IMS is the endless list of "latest and greatest" fixes for a problem that already has a very widely proven retrofit.

[Jake Raby]

I have yet to find anything thats mechanical, thats also eternal. Everything mechanical will wear out, or fail.

[3_Angels]

Note that the "Eternal Fix" has a oil flooded IMS. On the other hand, my 2002 S with 97K miles had a half a cup of oil in the IMS that made it past the seals.

[Pdwight]

if it moves it will wear out....who said "The perfect machine will have no moving parts" ??