What did you do to your 997 today?
Forgot to mention …. They’re fast too. I dropped my car off on a Wednesday. Had it back Friday.
A quick check of current prices I came up with:
Clutch kit $500
Water pump $200
LN T-stat $140
Belt $30
Plugs/Coils (kit) $300
All-in for parts at $1700 ish with another $100 for fluids/supplies and the rest is labor costs.
Edit: forgot another $20-30 for the rear main seal
Last edited by TheMurse; 09-12-2023 at 02:53 PM. Reason: text added
LNE has the dual row on sale for 550, not the full IMS solution kit but there's a lot of money being thrown at parts that may not need it.
A quick check of current prices I came up with:
Clutch kit $500
Water pump $200
LN T-stat $140
Belt $30
Plugs/Coils (kit) $300
All-in for parts at $1700 ish with another $100 for fluids/supplies and the rest is labor costs.
Edit: forgot another $20-30 for the rear main seal
A quick check of current prices I came up with:
Clutch kit $500
Water pump $200
LN T-stat $140
Belt $30
Plugs/Coils (kit) $300
All-in for parts at $1700 ish with another $100 for fluids/supplies and the rest is labor costs.
Edit: forgot another $20-30 for the rear main seal
$436 to replace the clutch??; I realize they were already in there but what parts are they using and what is their hourly labor rate? When I need a clutch, water pump, AOS I will take the 2.5 hour trip there and make it a stayover if he's that reasonable.
Life- time replacement means nothing unless the labor to replace is included with it -- see that video recently posted of parts DOA out of the box, or shortly after install. I just paid $2350(NJ tax incl) for, new (not remfg) Bosch alternator, accessory belt and Bosch battery; I know I could've done it for half that , but it was done timely, no headaches or time on my part
Life- time replacement means nothing unless the labor to replace is included with it -- see that video recently posted of parts DOA out of the box, or shortly after install. I just paid $2350(NJ tax incl) for, new (not remfg) Bosch alternator, accessory belt and Bosch battery; I know I could've done it for half that , but it was done timely, no headaches or time on my part
This shop also doesn't recommend the IMS Solution, just the serviceable LN replacement bearing. I've heard that elsewhere too, although it's debatable.The theory is that it's not wise to just forget about the IMS bearing with the "Solution," but that it needs to be checked/replaced every 6 years or 75K miles once the new bearing has been installed.
That was just the parts for the clutch, not labor. Labor alone for all of the stuff done on my car was $2,184.00.
This shop also doesn't recommend the IMS Solution, just the serviceable LN replacement bearing. I've heard that elsewhere too, although it's debatable.The theory is that it's not wise to just forget about the IMS bearing with the "Solution," but that it needs to be checked/replaced every 6 years or 75K miles once the new bearing has been installed.
This shop also doesn't recommend the IMS Solution, just the serviceable LN replacement bearing. I've heard that elsewhere too, although it's debatable.The theory is that it's not wise to just forget about the IMS bearing with the "Solution," but that it needs to be checked/replaced every 6 years or 75K miles once the new bearing has been installed.
That's poor advice and a poor decision from that shop - I guess their business plan is annuity service revenue every 60-75k miles to go in and replace the bearing again when a permanent solution is available.
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The IMS Solution is essentially the same bearing design that's in the Mezger engines of the GTs and turbos. Have you ever, I mean ever, heard of an IMS failure in one of these engines and there are 996 and 997 turbos with hundreds of thousands of miles on them.
That's poor advice and a poor decision from that shop - I guess their business plan is annuity service revenue every 60-75k miles to go in and replace the bearing again when a permanent solution is available.
That's poor advice and a poor decision from that shop - I guess their business plan is annuity service revenue every 60-75k miles to go in and replace the bearing again when a permanent solution is available.
Because it was created first, is less expensive, and some people may not be long term 997 owners where they want to have a fix for their ownership period of a few years and let the next owner worry about replacing it at the mileage interval.
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I changed my engine mounts. The old ones looked like they were an inch taller when out of the car. My exhaust (all stock) still seems like it sits lower than I’d expect. I used Hamburg Technic mounts. The whole car feels more solid though.