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Old Mar 18, 2003 | 06:13 AM
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Most Acura cylinder bores wear pretty well, meaning that even with 150K+ mile on them, they have less than .002 wear on the cylinders and are still within spec. The main thing I see is the valve seats and guides get pretty beat up. So I would lean towards a valve job and with the head off look at the condition of the cylinders. Shouldn't be a big ridge at the top. Maybe one just big enough you can barely feel it with your fingertip after you clean the carbon off. Of course now would be the time to throw on a new timing belt and maybe change cam gears if not the cams...
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