[CJFusco]

I'd like to conduct a survey of 1996-2008 Porsche owners in order to get an idea of what kinds of preventative maintenance have the most value/effect. Whether your car is healthy or if you've experienced an IMS failure or bore/cylinder scoring issue, please share. I will post this survey in a number of forums and compile the information in order to get some conclusive data on what works instead of just relying on circumstantial evidence:


1) The year, mileage, and model of your Porsche the last time you drove it (i.e., at the time of failure, if it experienced one)
2) Did your car experience either an IMS or cylinder-scoring-related engine failure?
2a) Did the failure occur on a racetrack?
2b) What was the nature of the failure?
3) What oil is/was used in the car?
4) Did/does the car have a LN engineering spin-on oil filter, or the stock oil filter?
4a) If the filter was a spin-on, did/does the car also have the extra magnetic strip installed?
5) Did/does the car have a magnetic oil drain plug?
6) Did/does the car have a 3rd radiator installed?
7) Did/does the car have a low-temp thermometer installed?

 

[CJFusco]

I'll start

1) 2007 Cayman S, 53,000 miles
2) No
2a) NA
2b) NA
3) Mobil 0w-40 until now, but switching to Gibbs D40 at the next oil change.
4) No (installing at next oil change)
4a) NA (installing at next oil change)
5) Yes
6) No (I plan on installing this Summer)
7) No (I plan on installing this Summer)

 

[kmaneh]

1) 2000 Boxster S, 105000km, lots on track
2)no
3)mobil1 Euro (since new)
4)no
5)no
6)yes
7)no


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[lesmurray]

1) 2005 Boxster S 144k miles
2) No IMS Failure - no diagnosed scoring issues yet. I do have excess oil comsumption.
2a) NA
2b) NA
3) Mobile 1
4) No
4a) NA
5) No
6) No
7) unknown

 

[1028Caymn]

1) Healthy '08 Cayman with about 30k
2) Neither
3) 0w40 M1 Euro since new
4) stock oil filter
5) no magnetic oil drain plug
6) no 3rd radiator installed
7) no low-temp thermometer installed

 

[husker boxster]

1) 2008 Cayman S Sport, 53K mi - winter & DE car
2) No & No
2a) N/A
2b) N/A
3) Castrol Syntec 5W-40
4) LN adaptor w/ Wix filter
4a)No
5) Yes
6) No
7) No

1) 2008 Boxster S Ltd Ed, 56K mi - nice weather car
2) No & No
2a) N/A
2b) N/A
3) Castrol Syntec 5W-40
4) Stock filter
4a)N/A
5) Yes
6) No
7) No

 

[engnr1]

1) The year, mileage, and model of your Porsche the last time you drove it.

2008 Cayman, 75,000 miles (traded in January 2017)

2) Did your car experience either an IMS or cylinder-scoring-related engine failure? NO

2a) Did the failure occur on a racetrack? N/a

2b) What was the nature of the failure? N/a

3) What oil is/was used in the car? Mobil One

4) Did/does the car have a LN engineering spin-on oil filter, or the stock oil filter?

Stock


4a) If the filter was a spin-on, did/does the car also have the extra magnetic strip installed?

N/a


5) Did/does the car have a magnetic oil drain plug?

N/a



6) Did/does the car have a 3rd radiator installed?

N/a



7) Did/does the car have a low-temp thermometer installed?

NO

 

[danschy]

1) 2007 Cayman, 50,000 miles
2)no
3)mobil1 Euro
4)no
5)no
6)no
7)no

 

[owm]

1) 2007 CS 6MT 88,000km
2) No
3) Rotella T6 5w40 clean phase currently, switching over to Mobil1 5w50 at 90,000km
4) Currently stock oil filter setup using Fram but switching over to LN Engineering spin-on filter once current stock oil filter supply runs out
5) Yes, installed at 85,000km
6) No
7) No, just a new OE thermostat at 80,000km

 

[Dip987]

1) 2005 BS 6MT 100,000 miles, sees occasional track days
2) No
3) Mobil 1 0w40
4) Stock Filter
5) No
6) No
7) No

 

[Morde5]

1) The year, mileage, and model of your Porsche the last time you drove it (i.e., at the time of failure, if it experienced one)
2005 Boxster 53,800 miles (27,800 miles on the engine)

2) Did your car experience either an IMS or cylinder-scoring-related engine failure?
Yes. IMS failure at 26,000 miles. Engine replaced by Porsche in 2011.

2a) Did the failure occur on a racetrack?
No

2b) What was the nature of the failure?
IMS

3) What oil is/was used in the car?
Mobil 1 0-40 by the previous owner. I use Motul X-cess 8100 5-40 fully synthetic.

4) Did/does the car have a LN engineering spin-on oil filter, or the stock oil filter?
Stock.
4a) If the filter was a spin-on, did/does the car also have the extra magnetic strip installed?
No

5) Did/does the car have a magnetic oil drain plug?
Yes.
6) Did/does the car have a 3rd radiator installed?
No.

7) Did/does the car have a low-temp thermometer installed?
No.

 

[CiscoCayman]

1) 2007, Cayman base 38k miles
2) No
2a) N/a
2b) N/a
3) LIQUI MOLY
4) No
4a) N/a
5) No
6) No
7) No

 

[bruinfn4lf]

1) 2007 Cayman S 49,000 Kms
2) no
3) Mobil 1 0W40
4). Stock filter
5) the last 3 oil changes has magnetic, before that-stock
6) no
7) no

 

[Webfiero]

1) 2006 CS w/19,011 miles (no track days)
2) No
3) Mobil 1 0w40
4) Stock Filter
5) No
6) No
7) No
7) No

 

[CJFusco]

Thank you for all who have responded so far. This has been BY FAR the most helpful community so far. Keep them coming; the more data I can collect, the better.

 

[1028Caymn]

Thank you for all who have responded so far. This has been BY FAR the most helpful community so far. Keep them coming; the more data I can collect, the better.

I wonder though, how you can improve gathering of info from owners who suffered a failure and then left the Porsche community.

 

[CJFusco]

That's a good point and a real possibility. I plan on this being a long-term data collection; each time I hear of an engine failure, I will add the info to my spreadsheet. Then, hopefully, maybe 5 or 10 years down the line, I'll start to see a pattern emerge. Maybe it won't. But it couldn't hurt to try.

 

[1028Caymn]

Maybe finding engines that were removed from vehicles or junked is better than nothing.

 

[Carmona Red]

1. 2007 Cayman, 42,342 miles. It is driven every week
2.No engine problems
3. " " "
4.Mobil 1. Stock filter. I change the oil and filter every year or every 4,000 miles whichever comes first. (we have our own grease pit in the garage)
5.Yes magnetic drain plug.
6.No
7.No.

 

[ottobon100]

1. 2008, 33,300, Cayman Base 2.7
2. No
3. Mobil 1, 0W-40
4. No
5. Yes (magnetic drain plug)
6. No
7. No