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Originally Posted by Frank Reiner
Regarding piston dings:
If the interference between piston and valve has resulted in less than about .100" of a notch in the piston, I would be of a mind to simply repair cylinder head damage (freshen the undamaged head also). The forces that were present at startup speed, while able to bend valves due to asymetric loading, are not great enough to crack the piston. Clearly you will also want to examine all of the chain guides (particularly the lower one in the timing case).
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Frank, thanks for your input. Will get all guides checked.
PawoSD, yes the car is perfect in every way, transmission, interior and exterior.
Would you get just the damage rebuilt or a full rebuild?
Any ideas why this would happen on such a low Milage engine? Oil changes have always been done on time.