Originally Posted by Jophiel

Final Update:

I got my car back after it being in the shop for over three weeks or so. The majority of the wait time was due to the dealer working with the aftermarket warranty company. It only took about 5 days for the engine to be delivered and installed after approval from the warranty company.

My new engine is SN: M97/01AT68666682. Judging my Holden's number reference on page five of this thread, the new engine appears to have the larger IMS. I have the print out of the paper work that came with the new engine, but all the numbers are associated with German words (therefore I don't know what specific numbers mean). I can only read "serialnummer".

Finally, for those curious about costs, the replacement engine cost $19,205.58 and the total was $21,341.80. It was pretty cool to pick up my car from the dealer and they just handed me the keys with an invoice that showed $0.00. I am very glad to have my car back! It feels as though nothing ever happened

Here she is when I picked her up a week and half ago. I was surprised how well the C2S with summer tires dealt with the snow.

Originally Posted by muerdeme

gofast997...sorry to hear about your IMS failure. Since I own a 2005 with the early bearing and 40K + miles, especially sorry to hear about it.

OK...at this point I am ready to pull the trigger on the LN Engineering upgrade on my car, anyone have a recommendation for a shop that has experience with this install in California? (Ventura County preferred, LA works)