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Originally Posted by albertchampion
do you have one that was manufactured from 2001-2005?
and did your engine just blow-up?
so far, i found this to be a hidden history. except for all those porsche usa vultures hanging out at the porsche north houston dealership so as to transport failed vehicles back to atlanta.
and then, in this week's AUTOWEEK, the story has become revealed.
and now i understand why my service writer[styled as consultant] departed. he couldn't look his customers in the face while porsche was denying its defective engines.
and porsche wins the j.d. power quality trophy?
m-b was bad enough some years ago. but add another bunch of nazis to the roster of customer-unfriendly vehicle manucturers.
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It sounds as if you believe this to be some carefully guarded secret.
The intermediate shaft problem is quite widely known and understood in Porsce circles and beyond. There have been several variations of the intermediate shaft bearing, and in later models it has been eliminated with a different timing chain arrangement.
A properly cared for and driven engine has an extremely low chance of experiencing this failure and there are upgrades to reduce the chance of failure to near zero.
Anyone considering a Porsche with the IFS arrangement should educate themselves before hand. In this day of automotive discussion forums, people have massive sources of data available to study before purchasing.