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YOUR RESEARCHIMS oil leak + oil cooler leak.
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Dont even think of changing the IMS bearing your self , get the cover off and move the spindle up / down and in out to check for play ..
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And after countless hours of reading should I change AOS?
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Hi,
I removed gearbox with some problems as Porsche Dealer Parts Department representative point put "not unusual stuff" and find all my Pork sweats - oil and coolant leaks.
IMS flange is leaking a lot I need to take it out to do this I have to lock cams where I can find exact dimensions of that super complicated tool so I can manufactured myself....?
I will end up installing new bearing but do I have to take it out before order just to be sure what bearing I need or can I just go and buy new one?
Also what I can see there is coolant leak between oil cooler "heat exchanger" and engine I'm guessing seals are gone could be oil cooler leaking too... Porsche Bolton quote me £198.66+VAT for oil cooler and £4.88 +VAT O-rings, carparts4less got in offer Hella for £111.79 not sure if this will came with o-rings.
What I would like to ask will be an easy job to take it out without lowering engine since gearbox is out? do I need to remove any other parts?
And after countless hours of reading should I change AOS? not sure if is bad or not but gearbox is out so.....
I visited today Porsche Bolton and was lost in cars so many GT3 and so nice blue carrera targa GTS I would never chose that colour but in real that car looks amazing I will try to add picture later....so I was enjoying myself Sebastian keep asking me which one are we going to buy today :grin:
My plan for today was to visit Hartech but these cars took me over before we back to our car it was 11:40 and they work till 11:30 :frustrated: NEXT TIME!
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Just buy one from from Alex .. far easier .
You will need to lock the crank pully as well , a drill bit will do .
Dont even think of changing the IMS bearing your self , get the cover off and move the spindle up / down and in out to check for play .. if ok then flip off the black plastic seal on the bearing and leave well alone .
If you DO have play then get a garage to fit one .. you have the choice of a Porsche one which is a full engine strip or an after market one.
You will not have the tools neither the expertise to actually change it yourself so please .. just dont go there .
Oil cooler is what normally leaks .. i think from memory its an inlet mainifold off job to replace but if you look in the faq section you can download a workshop manual so have a look in there first .
Same! Could I enquire as to the cost of a cam lock as I'll be dismantling my car soonish, it has the original IMS cover so I'd like to swap it out for the later type with the better seal.
Makes sense given the cam chain on a 3.4 drives one cam..
I'll have to hunt one down, or get one made up. There's only the need for one cam lock, isn't there?
You only need to lock the camshaft which is driven from the end of the engine where the IMS bearing is fitted. The other bank is driven from the opposite end of the engine and it doesn't apply any significant force to the shaft at the IMS bearing end. That is also why you don't need to bother releasing that tensioner, just the two which apply force at the IMS bearing location.
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