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11-29-2017, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by dporto

I would venture a guess that the car has been sold (to an unsespecting buyer?) and "diesel" has moved on... Unfortunately, there are many of these ticking time-bombs out there! This is the main reason that the value of 996's will stay low for many, many years...

Good point and you're probably right my friend!

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11-30-2017, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel76

Thanks guys. The car has 29,000 miles on it.

the low milage cars are more susceptible for IMS failure.......

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11-30-2017, 03:42 PM

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Supposedly, the OP "saved it in time" by turning it off and not trying to restart the car. The IMS was replaced, but I wonder if the car experienced any collateral damage. I sent the OP a PM, but he never responded. Guess we'll never know. ugh!

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11-30-2017, 11:02 PM

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I can't believe I read the whole thread with no resolution. Damn you be freak. LOL

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12-01-2017, 09:36 AM

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I felt the same way. My gut feeling is the car didn't last much longer after the shop replaced the IMS only to experience catastrophic failure from collateral damage as Jake Raby mentioned.

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12-01-2017, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by b3freak

I felt the same way. My gut feeling is the car didn't last much longer after the shop replaced the IMS only to experience catastrophic failure from collateral damage as Jake Raby mentioned.

Sounds about right. Hard to believe an IMS failure would not damage a lot of stuff even if the bearing didn't come apart. Cheers brother.

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