Hella-Buggin'

Curious indeed. Posters name I sims fail and they have 2 posts. Sounds like somebody is bored and decided to bring up this old debate yet again.

Hella-Buggin'

If I'm wrong,


I'm sorry for your loss.

Lvt19672

There should be a separate section for all these ims threads since there are so many.

myw

same 997.1 engine across all years, just upgraded larger bearing with less chances of failure.

with that said, this is one of the rare ims stories with an immediate happy ending.

what i don't get is why wouldn't porsche just pay for the LN upgrade for an original owner with a low milage car? a bearing swap has to cost much much MUCH less then replacing a perfectly good low mileage engine with a brand new one.

just seems like a huge waste to me.

gpjli2

Trolling are we? Must be a slow day in Pa

Hella-Buggin'

It's numbers. The bean counters have factored in the expected failure rate within the parameters and calculated that it's cheaper to replace that small percentage of engines than to pay for a fix on all of the cars.

Luckymba

Honestly think I'm with DreamCarrera on this one. Too little info. No prior posts. I'm calling shennanigans.

997_Toronto

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Lvt19672

Account created yesterday and first post is about ims failure, smells like manure fellas.

imsfails

I'm not familiar with the kind of shenanigans common in the forum. In the past I never felt the need to post. I searched many ims threads but didn't find anybody talking about what exactly one did after ims failure esp if covered by the lawsuit. Pls point me to any threads containing this info.

I will attach a picture of oil pool that my car created when I get home.

myw

^^ ignore the negativity. glad you are covered !

imsfails

Just got confirmation from the dealer that Prosche is covering it 100%. Earlier the dealer thought I would get a completely new engine. Looks like those don't exist anymore so they will be ordering individual parts and assemble the engine. I have asked them to provide me a list of parts being ordered and reused. Let's see what I get.

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Para82

NEATO!

MuffinMan

The dealer is correct that there are no "completely new" engines. Those haven't been around for many years. What they have now are PCNA remanufactured engines, where everything meets the specifications of a new engine, and many of the parts and accessories are new (some accessories may be rebuilt). The dealer(s) I spoke to said they don't do any sort of engine rebuild at the dealership any longer. Instead, your core is shipped back to PCNA, and a complete remanufactured unit is sent to the dealer. It comes completely ready to bolt in and go, and even comes filled with oil. I would be incredibly surprised if PCNA has the dealer repair your engine instead of replacing it, but I guess stranger things have happened.

I did heavy research a few months ago to better understand what is involved with a remanufactured engine, and there is very good information in the below thread that outlines what was new on at least one remanufactured engine. The thread lists the following parts as new:

*new coil packs
*new fuel injectors
*new intake and throttle body
*new crankcase (indicated by casting marks)
*new heads
*new cam covers
*new starter
*new alternator
*new water pump
*new headers
*all new fasteners/hardware/hoses/harness
*new pulleys/idlers/etc.
*remanufactured PS pump (indicated by an X in the part number)
*crankshaft appeared to be new

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What dealer are you using? It sounds like they haven't run into an engine replacement like this before?