View Poll Results: did YOUR car suffer an IMS failure
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IMS failure for your 997 car, Y or N? tell us (yr, 997.1, .2, m96, m97, failure mode)
#271
Instructor
81k miles of happiness (plus a few track days) and no IMS issues whatsoever. My RMS was replaced under warranty at 45k. Dealer service tech said the few IMS failures he'd seen all occurred before 30k. I have an early 05 and drive it as much as I can without ever thinking of ... wait - what's this thread about?
Gene
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05 911 C2S cab, arctic silver/black/full leather/chrono plus/nav/bose/tooki/sat/SRX
01 MB E320 4Matic wagon
Gene
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05 911 C2S cab, arctic silver/black/full leather/chrono plus/nav/bose/tooki/sat/SRX
01 MB E320 4Matic wagon
#273
#274
B. It was only the seal, not the bearing, as I acknowledged a couple of posts later.
Someone else was kind enough to point out the exact issue you did regarding the block needing to be opened up in order to replace the IMS on my car.
Oops, missed the previous comments, as Rosanna Rosanna Danna would say "Never mind!"
#276
No sir... they are Victor Equipment, Innsbruck's. I still need to get some center caps. The wheels are designed for Porsche, and stock centers fit right in.
http://www.victorequipmentwheels.com/
http://www.victorequipmentwheels.com/
#277
One of my coworkers has a 2000 Boxter with 65k on board. 3 weeks ago she changed the oil and the shop said that the oil filter had metal shawings!! So I told her to take the car to a very respectable Pcar shop in central CT("hairy dog grrrage") and they replace the IMS bearing for her. A very close call but she was very lucky to catch it on time. She brought the old bearing to work and I took a couple of pictures that i'll try to upload.
Whoever found the oil should have also advised her to tow the car to the Indy to avoid an unecessary gamble.
#278
Rennlist Member
No IMS failure either 7.1 or 7.2
Previous WC 911 was 2008 C2S 6sp manual, ran up close to 50k miles, no issues, before trading in for 2012 C2GTS PDK, now 21k miles no issues.
Jonathan
Jonathan
#281
05 Carrera 36k no issues
So i bought this a few months ago and the IMS issue is terrifying me. Was told by an Indy not to worry and just drop in the new bearing/seal when I go for a clutch in a few years at 60k...said it would be like $3k for clutch and upgrades to seal and bearing. can anyone offer me some reassuring statistics or aid in determining what to do? Pretty nervous about this...
#283
05 C2S. Early production car delivered in August 04. Found three pieces of metal in oil filter at 55K miles. Indie said "do not start it." Having LNG bearing installed in January and doing an LSD while they're in there. Maybe I'm being ripped off, maybe not, but why chance it.
#284
Track Day
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Location: Bronxville, NY
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2005 997 C2 Cab - March 2005 manufacture - No IMS Problem
2005 C2 Cab - with latest non-retrofittable IMS - 61K miles - no IMS problem. I use it to commute 100 highway miles round trip two times a week. I will not go over 3K RPM until the engine and transmission are warmed up and I warm it up the road and not at idle. I rarely use it to go short distances that will not allow the drive train to warm up. This 997-1 is a daily driver with constant use throughout the year.
Cicerosecundus (New York)
Cicerosecundus (New York)
#285
2005 Retro or not?
Can anyone provide information on how to determine if a 2005 is either retofittable with the IMS bearing upgrade or not? I have called 3 shops and only one has mentioned that my C2 is not retrofittable.