Got everything tore apart last night, minus taking off the head. Tried to pull the head off with my hands but won't budge. Found a small chunck of metal sitting in the lifter valley (about the size of a pea)..... so now I'm concerned. Hopefully it's a piece of casting or something. Will know more once I finally get the head pulled off. Any advice on how to get the head to break loose? I guess I should pull the oil pan as well. I got a bad feeling.........
don't concern yourself with the pan.. get the heads off... carefully check the gasket for a failure point between the offending cylinder and coolant port....
you can then check for a bent rod by checking piston height in the bores...
