It sounds like you have a recently rebuilt motor. If it were me, I would look at the bearings, and probably also install a new set of rings. You could plastigauge the bearings if you wanted to.

There are probably many opinions on whether to remove the carbon from the pistons but definitely you would do that if you installed new rings.


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