fromhollywood

Carburetor throttle plate broke and ended up in engine head

I have an older Craftsman 12.5 hp riding mower. I took the head off and noticed some metal stuck to the front of the piston. That metal had made a dent in the head itself. I scraped it off and cleaned up the piston but there are two dents in the face of it now.

I figured out what caused this----the throttle shaft in the carburetor broke and obviously ended up in the head of the engine.

Does having these dents in the piston and head cause any issues? I pushed the piston back and the inside of the cylinder looks and feels smooth all the way around----it just seems to have those dents on the face of the piston and on the head cover.

cheese

It won't hurt anything. The notch at the top was made that way.