Question on putting heads back on??

[Bryce'sStang]

I was replacing head gaskets and when I was cleaning the surface of the passenger side I noticed some little divits, I looked closer at it and the cylinder it came off(#4) and the piston had a little something stuck to it, it came right off. The cylinder wall also had a slight line in it, i could barely feel it with my finger nail, do you think this will be ok to put the heads back on??? Or do I need to tear it down???? Thanks Bryce

 

[1105]

As long as the cylinder wall isnt scratched or the top of the piston isnt cracked, you should be fine. Only thing it will do is lower the compression .0000000000000001psi

 

[94Blue302GT]

Yeah, but if the gouge is too big, the compression might get below the rings and lose compression altogether, well, sorta...
I guess you'll have to use your own judgement. I'm sure it will run, and prolly not be too much a problem, but you may want to look into a stroker kit or something and just bore it .030 over

 

[Joes95GT]

Be sure that 'scratch' you are looking at isn't the hatch marks in the casting of the block. A 'scratch' wouldn't be good, a hash mark is excellent.

Joe

 

[Bryce'sStang]

It is definately not cross hatch, I can see those, this seems to run from the top of cylinder wall straight down the wall... Bryce

 

[mo_dingo]

Take some pictures with a HIGH DEFINITION camera! That should give us a better perspective. Borrow the camera if need be!
Scott