2005 Carrera S with 36k***************
I know this has been beat to death on this forum ...just have a few questions. I brought my car in today for an oil change. The mechanic brought my oil filter out and there was two chips of metal in filter. He said that underneath the car was dry which was a good sign but ovb the metal chips in filter was not. He obv suggested doing the IMS from LN. Car has been sitting in the garage for a few weeks and today was just the ride to get the oil changed ( about 35 miles ). The car ran fine with no issues at all ...no strange noises or anything like that.
1) Is there any reason I should be concerned that the engine is damaged in any way?
2) The shop quoted me 2800 bucks to do the IMS bearing and also suggested I might as well do clutch for 900 bucks. Is that a good price?

Please any advice and info would be greatly appreciated . Thanks

 

do it.

 

Im def def going to do it....just wondering if in any way the engine is damaged and if the price is good.

 

1. I don't think you have to worry about engine damage as of yet. The shavings are concerns that the OEM bearing is failing.
2. If you wait for a failure, it will be catastrophic. I'm not sure about the price quote, but I would do the bearing. Clutch, well, with only 36K miles, it's a little soon, no? Depends on when you got the car - if you're the second owner, you don't know how much the previous owner shredded the clutch... Oh, was that the dealership shop or an indy? 2800 seems high, but I have never gotten bids for the job.

 

$2800 is very high. Should be a grand less....

 

The mechanic drove my car after oil change and said clutch felt great. I dont beat on the car at all so I was thinking about not doing the clutch now. Just wanted some feed back ...It was an INDY shop . Elite Motorsports in Farmingdale NY.

 

Really?? A grand less.?

 

+1

also did you check your VIN/engine number if it falls under
http://www.imsporschesettlement.com/

 

I did check...it falls within the class settlement. I bought it used not CPO so im only entitled to 25% of cost?

 

$2800 is in the ball park. Its not the cheapest but its fair, especially if performed by a competent mechanic.

 

ok......it is a very reputable place. Just wanted to make sure I wasnt getting hosed lol.

 

yup, i the engine does blow due to ims and you have to pay the money to get it fixed or a new engine. you'll get back 25% of the replacement cost.

how long have you had the car for? normally people do the clutch swap when doing the ims to save money on labour so that you wont have to pay for the clutch/ims labour twice.

 

Ive had the car for 3.5 years. Ive only put 11k miles on it. Am I entitled for upgrading the IMS bearing or is it only for people that had engine failure?

 

if it falls within the settlement then you have the smaller bearing so you can physically upgrade to the LN bearing. if you dont upgrade the bearing and if your engine fails (from ims) from now until the 10th birthday of your car (based on build date i believe) you will get 25% of the engine fix costs back.

after the 10 year mark and if your have ims failure then porsche will give you nothing back.

i would get the bearing swapped out before the 10th birthday of your car.

if you put like 3.5k miles a year you can probably wait 5-6 years imo to swap the clutch.

 

Just checked my invoice....car is at shop at INDY is charging me 17 hours labor for IMS replacement. That seems about 7 extra hours right?@119 dollars an hour