If it were me, and knowing that the oil pressure dropped off to near zero, plus all the metal, I would not
opt for anything less than a complete overhaul. Even if the obvious damage is isolated to one cylinder, you
don't know what damage the low oil pressure and all that metal did elsewhere. It would really suck to spend
a bunch of cash on a fix only to have it happen again. Besides, right now, the cost of an overhaul is
relatively low compared to the prices over the last few years. If there were no metal, and the oil pressure
hadn't dropped, then maybe, but not under those circumstances.

Bill Hale wrote:


There are a lot of failures where you could do a repair and be back
in business--unless something got loose and whanged around inside.
The oil filter probably kept stuff out of the bearings.

It wouldn't be much of an investment in time to investigate. Plus,
we all want to know what busted!! Heck, you can even do this yourself.

It's a hard running engine.

Bill H

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