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BiGMaN

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I blew a turbo a whille back but was still forced to drive the car everyday....

Unfortunately when i removed the turebo to put another stockie one on, i found that it was the front wheel that had gone, and as a result a fair amount of metal had been ground off the wheel and the front housing.....with a few filings found in the intercooler pipes when i took them off....

My concern now is that metal filings have gone through into the cylinders...

My engine blew two weeks after i bought the car and i had it fully rebuild so it now has forgies, honing etc...

I don't know what to do, i think i should be ok as forgies shouldn't develop hot spots and melt as easily as stock pistons... and i can't afford another f-ing rebuild....

Just want to some advice as whether i will be ok or not.

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If the filings got into the engine itslef, then any number of things might have happened. It'll act like sandpaper going thru the engine.

Scouring/Scratching of the cylinder walls would be the big one. Especially if the metal was small enough to lodge between the piston and the block.

If you start using a lot of oil/low on compression, then this would be the tell tale sign.

Who knows the damage done.

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It would pay to pull all your intake component off eg intercooler, plumbing and even maybe intake manifold off and make sure it is all clean from more metal. I would be reverse cleaning your intercooler to make sure there is nothing left in that, as metal does not do engine internals any good at all. Don't matter if you have forgies or stock pistons, metal will not do them any justice. Not only do you have to worry about your bottom end you have to consider what all those little bit's of metal have done to your valve's and seat's. Only time will tell if it has done any damage, here's hoping it hasn't.

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As others have said.

Clean the whole intake system including taking the plenum off just to have a look.

I would also have the head removed and inspected to see if there is any damage before driving more and doing more damage

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IMO, you will not be ok.

rb26s get destroyed just by having a tiny bit of ceramic going up back through the exhaust valves.

If there are indeed metal filings in the piping and stuff, it woul dhave undoutably gone into the engine.

drain the oil and run it thorugh some fitler paper and see if you see any grit in there.

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Pull plenum off, if there is metel shavings up that far you can guarantee they have entered engine. Dont make the same mistake and continue driving it as it will cause more damage. at the moment you will probably only be looking at a hone, re-ring & head service. leave it to long and it might be a bore and pistons. Kind of a catch 22 situation. good luck, i hope it is the latter.

Its like a compression test - they test the engine and can tell if it is internally damaged or not.

Take it to a good mechanic

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