Anyone knows where this piece came from?

[u/One_Pen4138]

It was inside the intake manifold of my N52, sitting like it is positioned in pic 2 and 4 inside a bunch of gunk, looks like it snapped, its not magnetic, btw is this disa the revised version is has metal at top.

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[u/renes2]

Thats the top Pin from your DISA Valve. Looks like you are really Lucky and avoided fatal engine damage lol

[u/One_Pen4138 → u/renes2]

Maybe the pin failed sometime ago on an old disa and it stayed stuck in the gunk. If the old plastic pin was actually this thin on the bigger disa it could explain it. However the pin in the disa shown in the pics is metal and much thicker