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Old 05-17-2013, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by duxthe1 View Post
I believe the OP is referring to the pitting is inside the combustion chamber. It's from water/coolant making its way past the head gasket. You may likely see the same effect at the top of the cylinder bores on the affected cyls.
You are right. I am wondering why the pitting is INSIDE the combustion chamber. I always have a slow coolant leak on this engine. The pitting is quite bad round the top rim area where the head mates to the cylinder. Anyway to patch it easily on a budget?
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