Well, the recall has now been completed and everything was and is fine.

For those of you asking how to tell if it has been done, the trap was as very bulbous, sheet metal shrouded vessel, on the passenger side of the engine. It took up all the space on the top side between the valve cover and the air filter. At removal, it is replaced with a very svelt, streamlined pipe that is covered with a metallic foil insulator. The turbo and exhaust manifold is non easily visible. As Benzmac had said earlier in this thread, the entire exhaust system, including the muffler is replaced at no charge!

Benzmac - I do have one question, the turbo was not changed on my car! The dealer said it was in good working order, had no damage, and did not need to be replaced. I can attest to the fact that it is working fine, but at 150,000 miles, it sure would have been nice to get a new one. Do you have any comment or advice? I guess I could have waited for it to fail, and then gotten it all for free, but reliability is important, so I did not wait till failure.

Best Regards,

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Deezel
87 300TDT
150,000 miles