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Replace failing(failed) bearing only

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My hypothesis is that the second owner of the car (I'm #4) who used it as a daily/frequent driver for a number of years, was having problems with the original engine (IMSB failure) and replaced the failing(failed) bearing only to have debris from the original bearing take out the engine shortly thereafter.

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Replace engine

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Unless Porsche replaced the engine with an older model?

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Leading evidence: 'Replace failing(failed) bearing only' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Replace engine' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Replace original

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I'm thinking that the original engine failed, and one of the previous owners found the current engine used and replaced the original...

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Replace with a lne classic dual row retrofit prior

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Upon finding a replacement engine (the current M96-04) he had the IMSB (which happened to be a Dual row) replaced with a LNE Classic Dual Row retrofit prior to installing - hence the second sticker/tag (this bearing was manufactured in 2013).

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Replace engine

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Suggestion

Unless Porsche replaced the engine with an older model?

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Replace engine

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Suggestion

Unless Porsche replaced the engine with an older model?

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Replace failing(failed) bearing only

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster

My hypothesis is that the second owner of the car (I'm #4) who used it as a daily/frequent driver for a number of years, was having problems with the original engine (IMSB failure) and replaced the failing(failed) bearing only to have debris from the original bearing take out the engine shortly thereafter.

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Replace original

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I'm thinking that the original engine failed, and one of the previous owners found the current engine used and replaced the original...

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What are the chances...

Replace with a lne classic dual row retrofit prior

No successful repair reported for this finding.

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0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster

Upon finding a replacement engine (the current M96-04) he had the IMSB (which happened to be a Dual row) replaced with a LNE Classic Dual Row retrofit prior to installing - hence the second sticker/tag (this bearing was manufactured in 2013).

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Of having a M96-04 in a C4 that was built in 3/99 ? I'm thinking it's a replacement motor, but I'm really not sure. I didn't think the M96-04 revision happened before 2000... I'm thinking that the original engine failed, and one of the previous owners found the current engine used and replaced the original...

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What makes you think it is a later replacement engine?

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^^^The fact that it's a M96-04 which supposedly didn't come into existence 'til around 2000. My car has a build date of 3/99. Also, my car has 2 LNE IMSR stickers/tags on it. The lower of the two serial #'s being produced in 2011 and the higher in 2013. My hypothesis is that the second owner of the car (I'm #4) who used it as a daily/frequent driver for a number of years, was having problems with the original engine (IMSB failure) and replaced the failing(failed) bearing only to have debris from the original bearing take out the engine shortly thereafter. Upon finding a replacement engine (the current M96-04) he had the IMSB (which happened to be a Dual row) replaced with a LNE Classic Dual Row retrofit prior to installing - hence the second sticker/tag (this bearing was manufactured in 2013). It seems like he traded the car in to The Porsche Exchange (Highland Park Ill. - whom he had originally gotten it from) within a year or two of doing that second bearing. Unfortunately the previous owner of the car wasn't able to get the service records from the dealership even though they claimed the car had been serviced there for years... Hence my attempt to reconstruct it's history from Carfax records and speculation (the carfax shows a fair amount of service, but no engine replacement...)

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Quotes source post: 14247075

With all this uncertainty I think you need more than a "hypothesis"...I think if you don't have real service records that you can verify, it might be wiser to pass on the car.

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Quotes source post: 14247218

I think he already owns the subject car and is just now connecting the dots of it's mystery's...

POST 9Original post

Unless Porsche replaced the engine with an older model? Any evidence of that?

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