It seems that bore scoring is a far more common problem than a faulty IMS bearing, but both are rare. One dealer had 1400 996/7s through their doors an had never seen IMS and had seen 3 scored bores.
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It seems that bore scoring is a far more common problem than a faulty IMS bearing, but both are rare. One dealer had 1400 996/7s through their doors an had never seen IMS and had seen 3 scored bores.