I am just curious who on here has the highest amount of miles on their 996 in stock form, and how many miles that is. Meaning you are vulnerable to a possible IMS Bearing failure and have just said "screw it!" and kept on drivin'! Your car still has the original motor, it hasn't been rebuilt, and has had no IMS refit or upgrade.

 

I'm on my 2nd 996. My 1999 had 122,000 when I sold it. My new (to me) 2002 996 has 49,000.

 

I recently bought my 99 with 85K miles on it. I had the 90K service done as well as the AOS, IMS, water pump and RMS. The dual row OEM bearing and RMS were fine but the water pump and AOS were both obviously on their way out. The water pump and AOS are fairly expensive to replace by themselves. There are 2 groups around here the "screw it" and paranoid types. I'm definitely one of the 2nd! My personal opinion is if one can get a look at the oil filter/oil analysis and possibly pull the sump on a high mileage car that goes a long way to showing potential issues with a high mileage motor.

 

I think there's a group somewhere in the middle too. I did have my IMSB replaced with a ceramic bearing from LN Engineering. However, I didn't have it installed until I had my original clutch replaced at over 120,000 miles.

 

if it goes, it'll be a good 20k paperweight but.....
don't worry and enjoy or just replace and enjoy...it's not worth worrying about.
why don't you do a poll for mileage with untouched original ims/engine?

 

Thanks RDykmans, my 2004 C4S cab recently had the water pump, belt, and AOS all replaced last month. Otherwise my car runs fine. When I bought it I did not have any service records or history. As far as I know it could be and may possibly still on the original engine, IMS etc. I have just turned 107,400 ish. Loving my car and driving it the way it was meant to be driven, daily. lol

 

My 99 now has 134,XXX miles, original clutch, no IMS/RMS issue, besides some minor squeaks over bump, still running strong!

 

Hi all, have a 996 C2, 2001 driven about 113K - very strong in great shape. Done some minor stuff such as both window regulators and new mufflers and x-pipe.
Been wondering thou about time chain etc. Are there any issues that need to be addressed at that high mileage ?

 

I have 197k on my 2000
Just replacing ims,rms,aos.,clutch
ims weeping a little oil bearind didnt feel slopy at all
rms not leaking
clutch didnt have much time left on it
love this car

 

That´s great
These baby´s should be driven . . .

 

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