Originally Posted by
stevieturbo
How far are the pistons out of the hole ?
How far is the bit of piston that made contact out of the hole when it's rocking at it's highest ?
And how thick was the gasket ?
That will basically give a clue as to whether you need to delve into bearings or not
The pistons may have just been hitting as they rocked at the top of the bore, which you will hope for.
But potentially there is bearing damage, piston damage, pistons squashed and rings trapped etc.
You'll probably be lucky though
I can't answer any of those questions yet. Plus I have no idea on the gasket as I had no receipt. Do you know what thickness the standard 3 and 4 layer HG are for the RS?
I'm hoping I'm lucky too, the first head was skimmed and funnily enough slightly louder! But when I had it off I couldn't feel any dips on the crown nor any scoring on the bore walls. And it turned over fine by hand with no notching.
Will keep everyone up to date with the outcome. Thanks for the input mate