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So I was installing my FMIC tonight, all was going fine I was up to the point of removing the stock SMIC which also went fine until I pulled it out and it got tipped sideways. A whole lot of black, plastic type shit fell out!! The stuff is kind of like a very hard plastic, almost ceramic (it might be?) kind of like the white stuff you find on a spark plug. Anyway I have no idea what this is, it was on the hot side of the cooler, the only thing I can think of is a blown compressor wheel, or some junk got sucked in the turbo and blew the wheel to pieces. I don't know the history of the car, but the turbo is not stock (hks 2535). Does anyone have any idea WTF this stuff is?

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it was kinda identified a couple of days ago

did you not read any previous posts?

Identified but not comfirmed.

I think its a big shattered marble.

I had a friend have the exact same problem in his 32 and it was also a T3 turbo. He had to rebuild his engine though, I guess your very lucky, like its been said get a compression test just incase.

Lucky you :)

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