I sent them the link to this thread..... we'll see what they think after they review the pictures.

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It ingested those needle bearings for sure??


Look at the first picture of the inside of the discharge plenum..... the grayish coating is pure powdered metal..... you can even see it coated on the inside of the inlet ports.... some of it had to get on the valve stems and some had to go down into the cylinders.

Frank

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