Palmbeacher

...which, frankly, is not consistent with failure due to "a poor design". A "poor design" might experience some variation in mileage-at-failure, but it would almost certainly correlate to some other variable, such as maintenance or degree of use. A "poor design" would fail sooner with suboptimal maintenance and/or hard-duty usage. I won't dispute that a sealed bearing in this application is a curious if not bizarre choice, and certainly there's no doubt they fail. But that randomness is more suggestive that either the tolerances of the bearings or the final assembly tolerances--or both--are all over the place.

Someone called "Hartech" in the UK on another forum said that the bearings fit very tightly, more so the more the attaching nut is torqued down. He hypothesized that some of them may be running hotter and fatiguing sooner than others. That's the most plausible explanation I've read thus far, in light of the fact these failures seem to not correlate consistently to any other variable.

johnnyreb2010

but now you can get the infamous LS corvette motor, whats the low down on that option, i've heard both sides, but i've heard that porsche enthusiast definitely frown on that, could anybody explain why, vette motors are cheaper, more hp, easier to work on, definitely easier to find a mechanic, parts are alot easier to find. i could go on, can someone tell me why to get another 996 motor, besides being the original motor.

Tarek307

Thread gets to around page 20 and is RUINED - we never get to Hear what happened or anything...so if your about to spend an hour reading this thread from the begining dont waste your time, pretty much the guys engine IMS fails, porsche wont help him cuz hes' out of warranty, indy shop finds that can actually salvage the engine cuz it wasn't that bad of a failure, then PEOPLE ARGUING AND TALKING ABOUT NOTHING in last 10 pages

cpace3

thanx for that..
nick

roadsession

love it!

Pac996

Well the cars reputation is ruined now. 5 dolla I give you 5 dolla for da car. Not too good at acting chinese or korean I guess. So what's with the car? Sold or what?

wyovino

Horse dead. Beating continues.

Torontoworker

www.Porscheenginefailure.com has.... FAILED! Didn't pay his server bill I guess.

Egardner

please delete

Egardner

Are you referring to the Scan Automotive in Vancouver BC? If so, is there a shop closer in the states ?

Thanks, Evan

slashmatt

So, there was an IMS failure - engine didn't need to be replaced. I'm going to consider this 996 IMS Myth Busted #3.

ivangene

good for you

Shark Attack

Who the heck is digging up all these old ims threads. Prices are starting to come back, stop beating horse.

redridge

so the IMS died, but the engine lives?..... anymore details?

318touring

993 owners, they're trying to keep their prices artificially high.