Originally Posted by GRIESL

I think I'm leaning in the direction of pulling the head and shipping it to Metric for a rebuild. But if I do that, will it be very evident what the problem is? Will I be able to identify a burned or holed piston with the head off? Or will I get everything buttoned back up only to find out the engine needs to come out?

Also, is the Haynes manual a good enough resource to guide me through the r&r?

Thanks everyone for all the good advice.