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Originally Posted by ngoma
I agree that optimism is warranted here but there is one other item that we need to verify: appropriate head gasket thickness. Unless the piston protrusion was checked and correct thickness head gasket installed the OP may still encounter hard starting, lackluster performance, and poor fuel economy even after (the probable) timing issues are rectified.
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I chose the new headgasket by the amount of notches the old one had.
measured the piston protrusion and it was in the accepted range for the head gasket manufacturer information