IMS Guardian

[mikefocke]

Also there is a low cost version of the guardian coming out in a few months.


The Guardian doesn't protect your engine from failure, just gives you a much better chance of only having to do the IMS and oil pan cleaning because you detected the failure early so you probably won't have to pay the big $ for an engine rebuild.

With the Guardian, you can still have an IMS bearing failure...it doesn't reduce the chance a bit.

[jaykay]

Chip detectors have been widely used in aerospace applications where advanced warning of an impending failure is a matter of life or death; you can't just pull over.

Since their use was maintained, I would think there has been sufficient lead time to failure experience for the concept....saving man and machine.

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by jaykay

Chip detectors have been widely used in aerospace applications where advanced warning of an impending failure is a matter of life or death; you can't just pull over.

Since there use was maintained, I would think there has been sufficient lead time to failure experience for the concept....saving man and machine.

Absolutely agree. If this were a method that somehow just detected impending failure of the IMS alone, I would agree with the above post that just putting in the ceramic/hardened replacement bearing makes more financial sense, and I argued this point before Jake expained the operation of the device.

However, now that we understand that it's a steel debris detection device, which can warn of any number of potential engine health issues, I'm totally on board. In fact, this should be a device on EVERY car. Flat-6 should work on wider marketing, IMO, it could be his retirement ticket.

[Jake Raby]

Flat-6 should work on wider marketing, IMO, it could be his retirement ticket.

Done. The IMSG Jr. is actually the Porsche version of the "Engine Guardian" that is being marketed for many other cars and fleet vehicles. The application is not just engines, but also gearboxes and rear gear applications.

The universal version literally plugs directly into the dash, requires no wiring other than a single wire to the MCD sensor and can go into anything. Our "Jr." set up hasn't taken so long to design just for the Porsche application, a lot of that time was spent making the system fit anything and everything with nothing more than an application specific drain plug being necessary.

[davedeck]

Shouldn't there be a class action suit against Porsche on this IMS failure or report to NHSTA? If they got excited about Lexus floormats, can yyou imagine what would happen on this? LOL

[mikefocke]

MCD Sensor? What is MCD?