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Old May 13, 2016 | 02:55 PM
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Scratched head. Is it usable?

Was cleaning up some new to me heads and found a very light scratch on one. I can ever so slightly feel it with my fingernail but not quite catch it. Is this going to be an issue? Should I suck it up and get it micro-flatten/milled? Or will it be fine and run it as is. It goes from combustion chamber to a bolt hole and to the inside edge. This is just a plain old stock rebuild of 351M, no hi-po parts at all.

 
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Old May 13, 2016 | 04:10 PM
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Looks like just a light surface scratch, head gasket will seal I'd run it,
 
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No problem... the head gasket will take that up.
 
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I figured it would. Just wanted a second opinion. Thanks guys.
 
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