Caughtacab911

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

bfesta20017

2005 Carrera, YES. No extended warranty given on motor swap.

DoninDen

Not to divert the thread, but you may have been swindled. To the best of my knowledge there is no way to replace the larger IMS bearings on an '07 without tearing down the entire engine and busting the block open. EDIT: Oops, missed the previous comments, as Rosanna Rosanna Danna would say "Never mind!"

drummin4fun

A. It wasn't my car when the work was done, so, no swindling occurred to me.
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.

Nice catch!! lol

cab&coupe

Bill, what wheel and tires are those? Look to me like HREs??

drummin4fun

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/

perfectlap

Sounds like more than a close call. If metal bits are in the filter (cracked pepercorn size) the IMS is already compromised and detonation on the next ignition is a dice roll.
Whoever found the oil should have also advised her to tow the car to the Indy to avoid an unecessary gamble.

foxj0001

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

D1coach

2005 C2 - very low engine number, original date of purchase August 2004. 42,000 miles no problems

TriTom

2008 C2 S, 60K no issues!

atlast911

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...

penncrew

2006 C2S cab - 25000 miles no problems when sold
2006 C2S - 7000 miles tracked regularly - no problems

JFERR

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.

Cicerosecundus

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)

atlast911

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.