At least I think that's what happened. I am getting my om617.952 motor ready for transplant into a Toyota pickup but I just noticed, "hey that unexplained damage could have been caused by that missing 12pt nut, right"

hopefully, I can post the photo, but the fins are dented up and the PO told me he "Had a new turbo put in" but who knows how it was taken care of after that.

I took off the manifolds and saw the missing nut and now I'm thinking my long starts and excessive blowby might be from an ingested nut....

to make matters worse I'm a long way off from a compression test as I sold the bellhousing adaptor and have already taken off the flywheel and starter toooooooooo...

So now I'm just not sure what next, "new" turbo for sure or rebuild with new shaft and fanny bits, but I'm not sure I wanna put all the work into this engine if it is gonna have a bad cylinder or worse....

Facts:
turbo has very little to no wiggle or in and out movement
donor car was fastish and fun to drive even with the blowby and long cranks to start
no blue smoke from exhaust but some whiteish with the blowby even when warm
the engine ran smoothly and without excessive heat or anything


Thoughts dieselheads?

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