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Scott, I will probably hear from Porsche in the next day or two telling me "get lost". My engine has metal filings throughout. However, two class action firms have called me back and one of them is already sueing Audi/VW for something. The firm is Chemicles & Tikellis. Look them up and call them. Ask for Ben Johns and tell him you are a fellow Renntech member and I suggested you call him. I told him I would. Bob
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I have become pretty educated fast on this subject, unfortunately, and I have found that past 30-45k miles it is very rare indeed. I have gotten some detailed info on the problem from England's largest Porsche rebuilder who describes the problem and Porsche's errors and suggests the only way to really get a fix is to collect a hundred or so victims of this design flaw and collectively sue Porsche, which he also suggests would be a monumental task which Porsche counts on. I may post his emails sometime but not now since he is afraid of publicity in that Porsche may retaliate by cutting off his parts supplies. I want to show them to the dealer first where my car was originally sold. There are cars out there (I am told) with well over 100k, even 200k miles on them.
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Ordinarilly the IMS failure is accompanied by oil over the road because the end of the IMS shears off causing the bearing to dislodge. I'm not sure how they came to the conclusion that the cam sprockets and chains failed without opening the engine although this is often the end result of the failure of the IMS shaft / bearing. The way they know the timing apparatus failed is simple: the car either won't start or starts and knocks and runs rough, which is what you would expect if the timing was way off.
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I just got off the phone with a high-end Porsche only shop service manager here in Seattle who didn't mind spending some time with me. My 2002 Boxster S started making the kind of noise yesterday usually indicative of an intermediate shaft failure. I drove 6 miles with the noise before shutting down. The motor was running and smoothly at shutdown. The guy said that indicated the timing apparatus was still intact, which is good, and the motor is almost certainly rebuildable. Estimated cost: around $8,000. Not good. Mileage on car is only 23,000 and I only put 3,000 of that on. What I want to know is, can the shaft replacement, etc. be done at home by someone who has reasonable experience (but not on a Porsche)? Is it ridiculous to even think about doing this myself? I have an open pit in my garage floor for access.