Is this Head Still Good? (pics)

[websledder]

A large chunk of the skirt on the PTO piston on my M7 blew out, fell down into the crankcase and pieces made its way to the top end where, with the piston, caused some pitting on the cylinder head. My mechanic buddy says my head should be replaced but my neighbour down the street, who is a small engine expert, says leave it alone (most of the pitting is on the outer circumference and the combustion chamber center portion not as badly hit).

Please see pics attached. I would value your opinion. Thx.

Mag side:

PTO Side:

 

[robm]

Good as new! Almost anyways. Just take off any high spots with a dremel, little depressions are no biggie. Very much useable though.

 

[BU1]

Run it. Save your money for gas!

 

[inverted99]

I would bolt it up and run it. Take care...Jeff

 

[WC820]

Any Head is good head right???

 

[Luke The Drifter]

Good excuse to order up an RKT head, should wake your M7 up nicely.

 

[woodpecker]

nice dome

Seen worse in newer sleds, like it has been stated before take down the high spots(read, hot spots) and run it..

 

[RMK900204]

most heads look like this only billet one don't have pits in them .run it !!!!

 

[theultrarider]

I would not think twice, just take some sandpaper and knock down any high spots and run it.

 

[ttyR2]

Any relatively sharp points in the combustion chamber will run hotter (possibly glow red hot) and can cause pre-ignition. That being said, the cylinder heads you have there look perfectly fine. Any sanding or grinding you do is apt to lower the compression ratio. Just run the sucker.

 

[SledBC]

Any Head is good head right???

 

[websledder]

Thanks

Thanks everyone for the (uniform, consensus) input.

I'm gonna run it as is with perhaps a bit of sanding if there are any real high spots.

 

[racingpit]

My mechanic put mine on a lathe and turned it with some scotch bright pads to get it smoothed down a big, works just fine. You don't need a new head.

 

[shmuckaluck]

you should see mine.

You should run it, yours looks like brand new compared to mine and it has been running strong for 3 years now. when my engine blew it left big gouges and marks in the head just had it machined so it was level and it works great.

 

[somedude]

mine is wayyy worse then that also it's been working for 2 years

 

[To The Pipe]

Have been running a lot worse for 3 years, RUN IT!

 

[xsummitx]

looks new to me ..you should see my gouges ...and i have no probs....i would run with out thinking twice