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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 11:37 PM
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man i broke a valve spring not to long ago and now i have it where im going to get the car running so heads come off and wtf do i see on the driver side .... #1 and #3 are equal and the #5 and #7 are equal aswell!.... should i be concernd the valve dropped a bit but didnt come complete off some guy told me it should be ok but im not quite 100% about that answer plz help me!

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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 11:40 PM
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i have no clue what your talking about, 2 pistons side by side?? Do you mean where the valves hit the pistons, leaving marks? If it isnt deep grooves, or they arent cracked or chipped, it should be OK
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 11:44 PM
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it just left a mark or should i say scratch! i wish i knew the numbers of the pistons but i dont but ill do some research here...it some what similar to this pic down at the bottom!
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...=pistons+equal
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 11:46 PM
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ok did a search cylinders 1 and 3 are equal to each other height wise. and 5 and 7 are equal to each other aswell height wise
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