BIG mistake. I had rags stuffed in the intake to keep the dirt out....now there in the engine. M923 cummings. Well I guess ill keep you updated. Dam no screen or anything to stop em. Now the teardown begins. Can you help me with where to find gaskets. IE intake exhaust and heads...I guess. Truck might end up parted out...what a shame. It is a nice truck...and I just got it home.
You may have gotten lucky. I'd pull the intake and see how far they got. If they didn't make it past the valves you'll be ok and should be able to pull them out without removing the head. If they did make it to the cylinder there's a chance you caused damage. You sill may have got out lucky though. There's not much space in a diesel combustion chamber when at TDC.
I once had a Perkins diesel suck in a rats nest right after rebuild (I didn't check the intake for debris during rebuild). It cost me two new pistons and sleeves.
I did the same thing with the NA multi-fuel in my M275......they went all the way through....bunch of black crap came out the exhaust....she still runs.
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I did the same thing with the NA multi-fuel in my M275......they went all the way through....bunch of black crap came out the exhaust....she still runs.
Maybe the paint thinner helped burn em out??
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