Hello
06-13-2012 | 06:41 PM
#1
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4th Gear
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From: France
Hello
I'm living in france and my car is a Boxster986 S year 2003 with 55000 km (about 37000 miles )
I'm afraid with a possible IMS failure and try to have some advice from people who installed a IMS guardian ...
Thank you
I'm afraid with a possible IMS failure and try to have some advice from people who installed a IMS guardian ...
Thank you
06-13-2012 | 07:31 PM
#2
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From: So.CA
I have not installed the IMSB Guardian because I have the LN upgraded IMSB & I am confident that is a permanent solution to that particular problem.
I can tell you that the man that developed the Guardian got the idea from his years of experience as a U.S. Marine helecopter crewchief in charge of maintenance on "his" chopper & therefore the lives of it's passengers. The Guardian is designed after a simular device used to indicate when the choppers rotors need maintenance critical to prevent a inflight failure & resulting crash as choppers don't glide very far once the rotors fail.
I have been fortunate enough to have meet this man and can tell you that his character is of the highest standard and so is any product that he approves of.
I highly recommend you have 1 or both of these products installed as soon as you can.
I have purposely not named this innovator in a attempt to not attract trolls.
I can tell you that the man that developed the Guardian got the idea from his years of experience as a U.S. Marine helecopter crewchief in charge of maintenance on "his" chopper & therefore the lives of it's passengers. The Guardian is designed after a simular device used to indicate when the choppers rotors need maintenance critical to prevent a inflight failure & resulting crash as choppers don't glide very far once the rotors fail.
I have been fortunate enough to have meet this man and can tell you that his character is of the highest standard and so is any product that he approves of.
I highly recommend you have 1 or both of these products installed as soon as you can.
I have purposely not named this innovator in a attempt to not attract trolls.
06-15-2012 | 03:11 PM
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Burning Brakes
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From: Sanford NC
There is also the consideration that there is a second version of the Guardian coming out late this year or early next that is cheaper and easier to install.
For now, change your oil more frequently...every 8k...use good oil, let the engine rev once it has completely warmed up, use your car frequently.
While an IMS bearing failure can be very expensive if it happens to you, it isn't as frequent as some would have you think...you just hear about the problems and not about the many thousands who are out enjoying their cars. That isn't to say I wouldn't suggest a better bearing sometime in the future, just that the probability of failure is low on a per car/year basis.
For now, change your oil more frequently...every 8k...use good oil, let the engine rev once it has completely warmed up, use your car frequently.
While an IMS bearing failure can be very expensive if it happens to you, it isn't as frequent as some would have you think...you just hear about the problems and not about the many thousands who are out enjoying their cars. That isn't to say I wouldn't suggest a better bearing sometime in the future, just that the probability of failure is low on a per car/year basis.
06-15-2012 | 11:15 PM
#5
Racer
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: New Jersey
Hello, Dan. Welcome to the Forum. My first Boxster was a 1997 model that I bought new from Sonauto, in Levallois. I enjoyed the car very much for about four years before I came back to the US, and then I bought a 2001 "S" which I drove for about five years before trading it in for a Carrera. No IMS problems on either car. The rubber-center clutch self-destroyed in the '97 about a year after I got it, and the RMS had to be replaced on the 2001 when it started to leak. Otherwise, no problems.
Change the oil frequently as mentioned above, warm up the car properly before driving aggressively, do the LN upgrade when you change the clutch, and just enjoy the car!
Change the oil frequently as mentioned above, warm up the car properly before driving aggressively, do the LN upgrade when you change the clutch, and just enjoy the car!
06-15-2012 | 11:59 PM
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Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Centerton, AR
There is also the consideration that there is a second version of the Guardian coming out late this year or early next that is cheaper and easier to install.
For now, change your oil more frequently...every 8k...use good oil, let the engine rev once it has completely warmed up, use your car frequently.
While an IMS bearing failure can be very expensive if it happens to you, it isn't as frequent as some would have you think...you just hear about the problems and not about the many thousands who are out enjoying their cars. That isn't to say I wouldn't suggest a better bearing sometime in the future, just that the probability of failure is low on a per car/year basis.
For now, change your oil more frequently...every 8k...use good oil, let the engine rev once it has completely warmed up, use your car frequently.
While an IMS bearing failure can be very expensive if it happens to you, it isn't as frequent as some would have you think...you just hear about the problems and not about the many thousands who are out enjoying their cars. That isn't to say I wouldn't suggest a better bearing sometime in the future, just that the probability of failure is low on a per car/year basis.
The problem of some bearings failing may be as simple as a quality control problem that resulted in the bearing being over (or under) filled with grease.
Some info I came across that I can't divulge the source suggests this. I can tell you the source is *not* inside Porsche nor inside or in any way connected to any suppliers of Porsche and it is unlikely I or anyone can ever come up with any confirmation. Just another 'net theory then...
But probably overfilled. This causes the bearing to run hotter than it should and this heat causes the grease to ooze out the seal and this compromises the seal and the bearing continues to lose its grease and eventually it is so long bearing.
'course, over (or under) filled with grease, bad metallurgy, under spec'd bearing, alignment of the planets, if one goes through a failed IMS bearing and especially out of warranty it makes little difference the ultimate reason for the failure.
Sincerely,
Macster.
