When I pulled the intakes on my 91 300D I was pleasantly surprised at how clean it is. All the turbo/EGR associated vacuum stuff is there, so I’m not sure it has been converted to a pressure actuated wastegate.

My 603.971 certainly wasn’t this clean inside when I opened it up a few months back.

Is this typical? Previous owner didn’t indicate any work to clean the intakes, and they didn’t look like they had been opened in recent memory.

I do want to either put permanent vacuum on the wastegate (I know this has risks), or shift to a pressure operated one. Regardless I don’t want EGR. But how plausible is it that this is “normal” after 228k?

Regardless I’m happy…

__________________
Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (113k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
1993 300SD (291k)
1993 300D 2.5T (338k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (265k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K)
1985 300D (233K)

Yes when I had mine apart I was surprised how clean it was. I am probably going to the pressure actuated waste gate soon as well, since I have no boost.