POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post
Looking for opinions on the scope in the attached image. Shop says no scoring, but that area above the piston looks pretty suspicious. any thought from those with more experience?
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POST 2Original post
First off, their borescope stinks. The area above the piston appears to be the bottom of the cylinder as you can see the oil pooling there. It does appear that there could be one line, but if it is scoring, it's very minor and you wouldn't do anything about it.
POST 3Original post
I would be curious as to how many miles are on the car?
POST 4Original post
Any pictures of intake side/upper cilinder wall bank 2? Which cil is in the picture?
POST 5Original post
This is a situation where you'd want to scope from the sump.
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