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Originally Posted by Jeff Alton
I don't know the history/accuracy of the blue paint tales. But I can say that cylinder scoring is quite common. I would say more common than IMSB failures. We are rebuilding a few scored cylinder motors each year now, and only one IMSB failure (which had an aftermarket bearing- go figure).
We have another 2006 cayman S coming shortly with cylinder scoring, a 997 coming as well shortly. My wife just called a local used car dealer about a 2008 Cayman they had only to find out it has a scored cylinder. I have personally owned 2 cars with scored cylinders (2008 Cayman S and 2005 997 S).
If you are buying one of these cars and purchasing an aftermarket warranty, please make sure the coverage amount per claim will cover the engine rebuild cost. We have seen a couple cases where a client thought he was covered only to find out his warranty did not cover even half of the cost...
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Very disconcerting but why am I not surprised?