026 piston with single deep scratch/score, opinions?

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Ptipper

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Hey all,

I recently bought a junked 026 from a guy who said it needed 'some carb work'. It was only $30 so what the hell.

I brought it home, pulled the muffler and found a somewhat deep, single scratch running down about half the piston. To me, it doesn't look like any other damaged piston I've seen on this site.

There is a very slight mark on the jug, but not enough to catch a fingernail. Compression was just over 150 PSI, and it passed vac and pressure tests easily.

I'm new to chainsaw repair and want to see if I should check anything else. I'm assuming the jug will clean up nicely? Sorry for the blurry pics, it was hard to focus.

Thanks

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