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Originally Posted by Mike McKown

Great picture you posted there. Nice and scary. I wouldn't straighten them either. Maybe the one on the right?

But I wouldn't have put a bunch of expensive brand new parts on an old, overheated engine either.

Fast to judgment. The cylinder walls are fine, crank, bearings, end play fine. Since you are so proficient in B&S then you know this is a common issue and often fixed exactly how I am fixing it. Expense is relative. They are a lot cheaper than buying an engine, which is what you could end up doing if you straighten push rods.

By the way, which ones would you straighten? Intakes? Exhausts? Both? Just curious