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Looks like a shotgun blast

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ShiftTheDrift

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As many of you know I've been rebuilding my top end. For those who don't know, it's been long and tedious. I noticed something on #8 piston in the very beginning of all this that looks something like a shotgun blast. It's not centered on the piston but rather close to the edge.

Could this have been caused by detonation? The other pistons look normal but before I close everything up, I just wanted to make sure this wasn't going to cause problems?
 

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Could be detonation or something that may have been left in there from a previous tear down like metal shavings. How deep are the markings? Can you feel them when you run your finger over it?
 

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Well, you can feel them and they're about the size of a small pinhead.
 

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The overall appearance of the piston looks alright.
There are no scratch marks in the cylinder and the rings look good too.
 
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