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Message: Obviously ...
Changed By: Pedro (Odessa, FL)
Change Date: July 09, 2018 08:57AM
Obviously ...
Change Date: July 09, 2018 08:57AM
Obviously ...
... when I make such a bold statement I exaggerate to make my point.
If you completely neglect maintenance and oil changes you’ll have other issues besides the IMS to sworry about.
What I’m trying to get to is that changing the oil at 15,000 or 3,000 or even 51,000 mile intervals doesn’t affect the longevity of the IMS.
I am convinced that the small amount that fail would have failed just the same.
The one scenario that does seem to increase the likelihood of an IMS failure is a car that does not get driven for weeks and months at a time.
We have seen multiple failures throughout the years where there was a documented history of regular maintenance.
We have also seen more examples than not of cars with shoddy maintenance and no IMS issues at high mileage.
This was dully studied when we were trying to determine the cause (or causes) of the IMS issues.
YMMV.
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro
If you completely neglect maintenance and oil changes you’ll have other issues besides the IMS to sworry about.
What I’m trying to get to is that changing the oil at 15,000 or 3,000 or even 51,000 mile intervals doesn’t affect the longevity of the IMS.
I am convinced that the small amount that fail would have failed just the same.
The one scenario that does seem to increase the likelihood of an IMS failure is a car that does not get driven for weeks and months at a time.
We have seen multiple failures throughout the years where there was a documented history of regular maintenance.
We have also seen more examples than not of cars with shoddy maintenance and no IMS issues at high mileage.
This was dully studied when we were trying to determine the cause (or causes) of the IMS issues.
YMMV.
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro
Original Message
Author: Pedro (Odessa, FL)Date: July 08, 2018 11:09AM
Obviously ...
... when I make such a bold statement I exaggerate to make my point.
If you completely neglect maintenance and oil changes you’ll have other issues besides the IMS to sorry about.
What I’m trying to get to is that changing the oil at 1,000 or 3,000 or even 5,000 mile intervals doesn’t affect the longevity of the IMS.
I am convinced that the small amount that fail would have failed just the same.
The one scenario that does seem to increase the likelihood of an IMS failure is a car that does not get driven for weeks and months at a time.
We have seen multiple failures throughout the years where there was a documented history of regular maintenance.
We have also seen more examples than not of cars with shoddy maintenance and no IMS issues at high mileage.
This was dully studied when we were trying to determine the cause (or causes) of the IMS issues.
YMMV.
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro
If you completely neglect maintenance and oil changes you’ll have other issues besides the IMS to sorry about.
What I’m trying to get to is that changing the oil at 1,000 or 3,000 or even 5,000 mile intervals doesn’t affect the longevity of the IMS.
I am convinced that the small amount that fail would have failed just the same.
The one scenario that does seem to increase the likelihood of an IMS failure is a car that does not get driven for weeks and months at a time.
We have seen multiple failures throughout the years where there was a documented history of regular maintenance.
We have also seen more examples than not of cars with shoddy maintenance and no IMS issues at high mileage.
This was dully studied when we were trying to determine the cause (or causes) of the IMS issues.
YMMV.
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro