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protective coating

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It might be possible to save the bore if the piston was replaced (likely the protective coating on the sidewall of the piston has failed, allowing metal to metal contact.) This is early enough that from the top, it appears it could be rescued, but you would want to consider that in the price (perhaps $10k just to do that one cylinder) and you want to look at the bottom of the bore from under the engine with a probe (not so easy to do, which is why it's rarely done.)
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Replace (likely the protective coating

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It might be possible to save the bore if the piston was replaced (likely the protective coating on the sidewall of the piston has failed, allowing metal to metal contact.) This is early enough that from the top, it appears it could be rescued, but you would want to consider that in the price (perhaps $10k just to do that one cylinder) and you want to look at the bottom of the bore from under the engine with a probe (not so easy to do, which is why it's rarely done.)
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Leading evidence: 'protective coating' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'protective coating' (1 discussions; 0 report identifying it and 1 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Replace (likely the protective coating' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Replace (likely the protective coating

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It might be possible to save the bore if the piston was replaced (likely the protective coating on the sidewall of the piston has failed, allowing metal to metal contact.) This is early enough that from the top, it appears it could be rescued, but you would want to consider that in the price (perhaps $10k just to do that one cylinder) and you want to look at the bottom of the bore from under the engine with a probe (not so easy to do, which is why it's rarely done.)
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Replace (likely the protective coating

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Reported fixes: 0
Unsuccessful attempts: 1
Discussions

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Discussions that contain suggestions: 1

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Suggestion
It might be possible to save the bore if the piston was replaced (likely the protective coating on the sidewall of the piston has failed, allowing metal to metal contact.) This is early enough that from the top, it appears it could be rescued, but you would want to consider that in the price (perhaps $10k just to do that one cylinder) and you want to look at the bottom of the bore from under the engine with a probe (not so easy to do, which is why it's rarely done.)
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Reported and suspected causes (1)

These are separate views of the same evidence. Frequency alone does not establish a fix, and these counts must not be added together.

protective coating

No successful repair reported for this finding.

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Identified cause: 1
Suspected cause: 0
Reported fixes

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Discussions that suspect a cause: 1

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0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.

Suspected cause
It might be possible to save the bore if the piston was replaced (likely the protective coating on the sidewall of the piston has failed, allowing metal to metal contact.) This is early enough that from the top, it appears it could be rescued, but you would want to consider that in the price (perhaps $10k just to do that one cylinder) and you want to look at the bottom of the bore from under the engine with a probe (not so easy to do, which is why it's rarely done.)
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POST 1Original post

Hey ladies and gents. First time P-car purchase and these are the results of the borescope inspection. Car has 115,000km on it, and is otherwise in immaculate condition. Should I walk away? Looks like cylinder 6 has the worst of it. Car is a 2006 S, manual, priced at $35k CAD. Cylinder 1 Cylinder 2 Cylinder 4 Cylinder 5 Cylinder 3 Cylinder 6

POST 2Original post

I would keep looking. Cylinder 6 doesn't look healthy. It might be possible to save the bore if the piston was replaced (likely the protective coating on the sidewall of the piston has failed, allowing metal to metal contact.) This is early enough that from the top, it appears it could be rescued, but you would want to consider that in the price (perhaps $10k just to do that one cylinder) and you want to look at the bottom of the bore from under the engine with a probe (not so easy to do, which is why it's rarely done.)

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