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Originally Posted by Brando
Hey CJ, I never got the final diagnosis of what was damaged, but it was definitely top-end/valve-train related, they assumed IMSB failure led to cam timing off, piston met valves, etc. I got multiple estimates of rebuild it or replace it starting at 14k before any "while we're in there" issues.
Quite disappointing to find what could have been a great car with such value behind the badge, to have a critical failure and the brand pretty much just shrugs it off. If it would have been paid off I would have just registered it as PNO and saved for a V8 swap. But what good is it to make payments on a car with a dead engine?
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Just out of curiosity, what were the symptoms of your failure?
It sounds like IMS and bore scoring are ruled out in the case of my car's strange engine noise. Most people listening to my car would say it's a lifter, but apparently the lifters in these engines don't frequently fail, and cylinder issues are often misdiagnosed as noisy lifters, so who knows.
Blackstone oil analysis came back clean. There was no metal on my magnetic drain plug.
Automotive Associates will be looking at the car on Monday. I think they plan on pulling the sump to look for debris and then scoping the cylinders. Who knows: it might end up being nothing. But I wouldn't bet on it.