Optical TDI

I have been looking at 996s very closely lately. Is there a better chance of the d-chunk and IMS failure in the 996.1?

Marc Gelefsky

redridge

pass the salt Marc....

ivangene

htny

Maybe

Barn996

Es possible....

Marc Gelefsky

Welcome to Rennlist Optical!

ivangene

thats a lot of butter, I'll bring more corn

M3 Defector

Don't be offended. The popcorn comes in to play because this topic has been shredded on this forum many times and there are 2 opposing schools of thought that can drag out for days and many pages about whether there even is a problem.

Trust me there is definitely a problem and I don't think it has even been resolved in the 997.

There are way too many threads about these failures for there not to be a problem...but WTF there are a hell of a lot of car fatal car accidents every day, but I still drive...and drive what I like.

BTW, for those following my "Drop the pan at 30K" thread, my indy dropped it today and gave it a clean bill of health.

Now let me add just one more thing...

Zookie

http://www.break.com/index/hilarious-300-remix1.html Only if it Said RMS insted of SPARTA!!!

Optical TDI

No offense taken guys. I'm new here, but not new to forums. I'll seach more for IMS and d-chunk variances between 996.1 vs. 996.2.

Marc Gelefsky

Nice post sir, a gentlemen among us..

oh yeah almost forgot...

gota911

Optica,

First off, Welcome to Rennlist!

I don't know of anyone that could give you good stats on IMS failures and D-chunk for the MK I versus MK II, except Porsche, and they aren't sharing that info. Good luck in your research though.

Guys, you must be getting very thirsty after eating all of that popcorn. Here is something to wash it down with.



You are welcome!

Ray S

Optical, welcome to Rennlist. As I'm sure you have surmised this can be a heated topic. Much of the problem is that no one can define whether this is a potential problem for .01% or 99% of these cars.

I can tell you this, as with the RMS issue Porsche has made continuous improvements to these motors thoughout there life cycle. For example they improved the RMS seal and went froma double row to a beefed up single row bearing for the IMS.

So I would hazard an opinion that you would generally be better off with a later model than an earlier model. How much better? Who knows, but I (this is just my personal opinion) think the issues have been somewhat overblown so the real differences are probably slight.

Good luck with your choice.

Chaos

Absolutley there is,alot better chance.
Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes boys,the'll be a commin !