Running pitted camshaft

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K2e2vin

Senior Member
My camshaft is pitted on two of the VTEC lobes. I talked to a machinist today (Ryan at John West), and he said it will be fine to run them as long as the pitted area is recessed, and that the area would fill with oil when the engine is running. Any comments on this?

Here are pics of the damage:
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and the other lobe(pitted area is not as bad, but has little gouges in it)
gouge/scratch marks:
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pitted area:
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i agree. i think they would be fine as long as any metal filings that protrude are taken care of.
 
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