It pays to have your oil filter checked ...

... every time you have your oil changed.
It had been almost 5,000 miles since his last oil change.
This is from a customer's car (2006 Carrera S w/39,900 miles) yesterday.

Just about every fold on the paper filter was full of chips

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Unfortunately they were ferrous which can be picked up with a magnet

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The solution is engine tear-down.
Complete cleaning, new seals, new rings, new IMS bearing with DOF, replacement of the AOS, replacement of the Heat Transfer Unit.
Although he'll have to spend several thousand to get this work done, it sure beats having to replace with a Porsche remanufactured engine!
Happy Porsche'ing,
Pedro

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

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"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna

Pedro,

My take from your post is the previous change did not show any signs of metal or did it. Also I assume the picture is of the inside of the filter that has been cut open. Please confirm.

Wayne K

I'm told that happens in Boxster's, too.

"A mile of highway will take you one mile. A mile of runway will take you anywhere."

And in Caymans as well.
Happy Porsche'ing
Pedro

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

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Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna

How long (in time) had it been since he last changed his oil?

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

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Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna

The filter from my 2000 S Boxster when the first engine blew at 47K miles. The failure mode was unknown but IMS suspected.

Peace
Bruce in Philly

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Pedro (Weston, FL)
... every time you have your oil changed.
It had been almost 5,000 miles since his last oil change.
This is from a customer's car (2006 Carrera S w/39,900 miles) yesterday.

Just about every fold on the paper filter was full of chips

The solution is engine tear-down.
Complete cleaning, new seals, new rings, new IMS bearing with DOF, replacement of the AOS, replacement of the Heat Transfer Unit.
Although he'll have to spend several thousand to get this work done, it sure beats having to replace with a Porsche remanufactured engine!
Happy Porsche'ing,
Pedro

Very bad news for anybody with a 997.1 911.

Regarding the repair, when you say "several thousands" to do the repair, are we talking $2-3K or a lot more?
When I asked people locally about replacing the IMS on our 987 the response was probably closer to $10K because the case has to be split and they suggested a number of components to replace while it engine was apart.

Pedro,is it possible this 997 had the old single row IMSB.I read that some really early 06 Boxsters had the single row also.
Please advise with a pic if possible after tear down.Was this car tracked or a daily driver.
Thx
ps:if this was an imsb issue with the new larger bearing many will want to know as i personally have not herd of
any since the newer larger design.