No damage has ever resulted from loosing a bolt… am I lucky?
It only takes a few minutes to pop the hood, remove the warm-up hose over the turbo, and take a peek at the waste-gate housing & its 5 bolts. If they are all there & are snug, then you’re OK. But, then, you need to take a look-see at the exhaust manifold bolts and the rest of the bolts on the turbo. Not a big deal to check, but a pain to replace, though. If one or more of the w-g housing bolts are loose or missing, then follow my suggestion above as one method of solving the problem. Remember, when tightening the nuts, to only tighten them until the washer compresses, as you are dealing with a steel bolt in an aluminum housing. I have no idea what torque setting they should be, as no turbo shop could tell me, but be careful to not tightne them too much… let the hardened lock-washers & goo do the work for you (all turbo shops told me this), or whatever means you use to hold them in. I also put them in with the turbo being barely warm, not cold or hot. BTW, the factory (Garrett or Mits
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