2005 997 3.8s with ims work done

[Kettmark]

Hi. Am looking at a 2005 997 which had £14k worth of work carried out due to ims failure back in 2014. Work was carried out at a Porsche main dealer.
Car has been on the market for a few weeks now.
I assume people have been out off by the engine history?
Should I be?

[Kettmark]

14k miles done since 2014 when Porsche dealer spent £14k rebuilding engine.
As with all cars, it's a risk buying a 12 year old car but the price seems fair considering the cars history.

[Pope]

Get a 111 in with the deal and you can still get Warranty til 15yrs old if it'll worry you - go big and get a 2yr and peace of mind for a while. If it's had work at an OPC it's likely it won't have been extensively modified to put it out of the criteria (non gen parts etc)

Edited by Pope on Sunday 19th November 07:43

[matfinch]

My 997 Gen 1 had an engine re-build as part of the CSR conversion. It certainly didn’t put me off, in fact it was great piece of mind that all the original weaknesses had been fixed.

I agree with the other poster on the comment on bore scoring. For peace of mind, you may want to get a borescope inspection done to see the condition of the cylinders. If the engine was brand new 14k miles ago, it shouldn’t have any marks at all. A number of the Porsche specialists offer this.

best of luck!