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"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535) 08/14/2018 at 10:08 • Filed to: None

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Yeah, that’s my post on Rennlist; yes I do think my IMS is failing; no my engine didn’t go boom(yet). I’m trying to figure out if I can get away with just replacing the bearing or if once the bearing wears this badly the engine needs a tear down(cause if so, uggghhhhhhhhhhh).

WiscoProud > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle 08/14/2018 at 12:21

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Don’t forget the RMS is a thing on these. It might not be that bad. Although if you’re in there to do the RMS, you might as well redo the IMS too. 

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > WiscoProud 08/14/2018 at 12:30

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Yeah; I think that with it giving way so fast it made me think IMS as I would expect the rms to be a slow failure but; who knows. 

WiscoProud > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle 08/14/2018 at 12:42

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Fingers crossed. As someone who wants a 996.2 bad, i want yours to be trouble free

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle 08/14/2018 at 12:43

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Clearly the solution is to buy a 997.2 GTS instead. They don’t have IMS problems. ;)

Saracen > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle 08/21/2018 at 15:19

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I’m amused that the lead image is a 996 Turbo, which does not have IMS issues.

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > Saracen 08/21/2018 at 16:17

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My IMS is fine! My RMS is not; out comes the engine but it should only be out for two weeks depending on timing and parts and so forth.

Saracen > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle 08/21/2018 at 18:12

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That’s good, it’s a much easier problem to address!

I’m paranoid about bore scoring...I check my oil level at every startup.