Pls tell me its not my IMS!
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Just going through this tread, I knew by the symptoms it was the water pump. My 04 did the same a few months ago. IMS is a very rare failure on the 03-04 cars. Let us know when you do get around to doing the IMS what kinda shape it's in. IMHO there are a lot of IMS being replaced out there that are perfectly fine.
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From my extensive research (long story) - for the 996's, I can give the following stats using information from the lawsuit, websites, and forums
99 - double row (failure 1% or less) - this was mine, how lucky am I?
00 - some double and some single
01-05 - single row - with failure rates up to 8%
06+ - no firm data
99 - double row (failure 1% or less) - this was mine, how lucky am I?
00 - some double and some single
01-05 - single row - with failure rates up to 8%
06+ - no firm data
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And as a follow up for replacement bearing options (as long as the old IMS did not start to fail) - here is what I found
1 - pelican bearing - no long term data - change every 30-50K miles
2 - LN double row ceramic (for the 99's)- 0% failure - change every 30-50K miles
3 - LN single row ceramic (for the 00-05's) - <1% failure - change every 30-50K miles
4 - Casper ceramic bearing - no long term data - and can't find them anymore on line
5 - eternal fix - the roller bearing one - no long term data
6 - direct oil feed from tuner RS - can be added to any bearing - no long term data
7 - solution - no long term data - can be done on 00-05's
1 - pelican bearing - no long term data - change every 30-50K miles
2 - LN double row ceramic (for the 99's)- 0% failure - change every 30-50K miles
3 - LN single row ceramic (for the 00-05's) - <1% failure - change every 30-50K miles
4 - Casper ceramic bearing - no long term data - and can't find them anymore on line
5 - eternal fix - the roller bearing one - no long term data
6 - direct oil feed from tuner RS - can be added to any bearing - no long term data
7 - solution - no long term data - can be done on 00-05's
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