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07-12-2012 | 11:53 PM

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928 at last

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Nice Imre!
I have this feeling I'll be making a trip to Cambridge soon for business, so I'll check in before I go and maybe stop by........
2,200km? Where was it?

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07-12-2012 | 11:58 PM

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928 at last

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Originally Posted by Mongo

The 996 is not that bad of a car. A lot of people that read about IMS failures are deterred from purchasing them. It seems to be the 911's version of a 'TBF', but there are several steps to prevent it.

In the case of this one, the engine has a slim chance of being saved. Usually, it is better to buy a replacement engine. IMO, was there any presence of coolant in the oil? Those engines were considered 'porous'.

Not all the cases had the porosity issue, that was (I believe) mostly confined to the early Boxster production runs. IMS failure is much more common, but if the engine has some mileage on it, it's not likely that either.

Going to be interesting to see what the issue is with the engine on this one.

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07-13-2012 | 04:34 AM

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Imo000

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From: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

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Originally Posted by 928 at last

Nice Imre!
I have this feeling I'll be making a trip to Cambridge soon for business, so I'll check in before I go and maybe stop by........
2,200km? Where was it?

Rockford Illinois was the car and came back through Lewiston NY.

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07-13-2012 | 09:28 AM

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BPG_Austin

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Imo000, GREAT buy. Dang. Looking foward to finding out what your problem is. I think Raby's website will be your friend while looking for cause of failure.

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07-13-2012 | 05:49 PM

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Fabio421

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Congrats Imre. I hope you find that the problem is just something simple but for $5k, you did well regardless. I plan on moving to a 996 cabrio soon as well. Well, as soon as my 928 projects are finished, and that might never happen. Enjoy it my friend