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Originally Posted by CJFusco
Just out of curiosity, what were the symptoms of your failure? [...]
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Here's the video I took right as the failure occurred:
Symptoms were LOUD noise across all RPMs, no power, stumbling, rich smell out the tail pipe. No smoke, though. I pulled the oil filter to inspect it for debris with no signs, so the IMSB did not have a
massive failure, but could have caused the valve-train to become damaged.
I wish you the best of luck with your car and engine. I still get the bug to look at early 2000's Caymans and Boxsters every so often, then get flash-backs to the joy lost with my CS. Then I see the new Miata MX-5 RF or Fiat 124 Abarth for reasonable prices and think "why go back?". Maybe when I've got the money to
buy the car, then replace it with a V8 or do a 3.8L rebuild to address all the defects it would definitely be an investment of love. And I'm all out of extra love to give.