I am not insuniating anything here. I don't know your driving habits. Guides do leak during driving also when worn. What else was found? Ray charles could have seen the melted piston. Mike did not miss it. It wasn't there upon his scoping.
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The only miles that were put on the car after I had Mike check it out were on the cruise down to "that other shop." Are you saying that the 60 miles of highway (never hit boost) driving caused the problem of detonation? The funny thing about worn valve guides - they only drip oil into the cylinders when the motor is sitting, so any amount of oil getting into the motor during it's operation time would be burned off once the motor started up. Hence why valve guide problems only cause smoke on start up...

Furthermore, the heads didn't need any machining done, there were no valve guide problems to speak of. Then or now.


So, are you trying to insinuate that I was beating on the car? after Mike gave the diagnosis of valve guide wear? (Mike's initial advice anyways!)