Too many bad possibilities of creating circulation problems and hot spots around the combustion chamber(s). Get it out, even if it means pulling a cylinder head. Gaskets are cheaper than a burned up engine!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!