2005 997S IMS failure and warranty question..
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Did you check with dealer if they can put CPO warranty on this new engine you get? That is really only part worth spending warranty money on. All the rest in 997 car is not that bad.
I would think if they put brand new engine into your car it should get some sort of warranty, right?
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The engine will come with a 2 year warranty direct from Porsche, definately peace of mind. Engine in my car was replaced by Porsche for the previous owner and is covered until July 2011.
Great to hear Porsche will cover the engine costs....labour cost of $3,000 is not ridiculous...probably has shop material ect. costs included in the 3K.
Great to hear Porsche will cover the engine costs....labour cost of $3,000 is not ridiculous...probably has shop material ect. costs included in the 3K.
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Seems like most of the advice people give is getting CP0's or paying for service contracts. Now that we're seeing 997 models out of factory warranty, this and other quality issues are going to show up more and more. Given that it's out of the factory's hands, and short of paying through the nose to 3rd parties, seems like another option is to share info on actually solving the problem. Unfortunately we can't always just toss the keys and say "fix it."
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One question about 05' 997 with IMS failure, what about a 06 C2S, but the MY is 11/05? would this still have IMS issue?
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found this thread, basically "The duel row IMS bearing that is found in most M96 engines and MY05 M97 C2S engines is the culprit for most failures. MY06 and later M97 engines received a much beefier single row IMS bearing."
so it means even the car I was referring to is a 06, it still has the same 05' engine thus still a chance to get IMS failure, am i right?
update:
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found this thread, basically "The duel row IMS bearing that is found in most M96 engines and MY05 M97 C2S engines is the culprit for most failures. MY06 and later M97 engines received a much beefier single row IMS bearing."
so it means even the car I was referring to is a 06, it still has the same 05' engine thus still a chance to get IMS failure, am i right?
Last edited by cb333; Jan 22, 2010 at 01:03 PM.
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Hate to tell everyone, but I had my IMS bearing and seal replaced last week under warranty. It was seeping oil, but not enough to drip on my garage floor. My car is an '07 built 8/06. I was really surprised it wasn't the RMS, which seems like a more common problem.
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Good to hear that you got it covered under warranty, but disappointing to learn that your 07 was effected by the dreaded IMS. Hope you get your car back soon. How many miles do you have on your 997?
Last edited by GTSilver997; Jan 22, 2010 at 08:40 PM.
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24k miles. Hard to make any comment on usage. THe DME didn't have any overrevs past range 2. I've had the car since 20k and I never redline it. Not that any of this necessarily makes a difference.
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