WilliamF wrote: If you want to keep it, service the engine, boroscope it, record compressions, do oil analysis and it’s likely to be just grand. This. With Continentals, look for the problem (if there is one), fix the problem, keep operating. Do not overhaul unless an overhaul is obviously required. My O-200 went more than 3500 hours. I decided to overhaul it when I found a little steel in the...