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Originally Posted by showbiz
I am very positive on the out come and will post all results
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Before you go any further, pull the sump cover. If you find more of that metal grit all over the place, putting a new IMS bearing (any type) in the engine is going to be a bit of a fool’s errand as the residual grit throughout the engine is eventually going to kill either the new bearing or the entire engine. We have seen this time and again, and it is why Charles suggested against putting a new IMS bearing in it; there is a valid reason why both LN and FlatSix recommend against retrofitting the IMS bearing if the OEM unit is already in the late stages of death, it rarely works out…………….