yeah prob was there was externa; damage which prevented starting it but as for taking the head off we didnt see any damage till we put a bore scope into the motor so no i dont have the equipment to do this but oh well not much can do now we r going through steve may he is a top bloke he brought a motor over for us to look at it failed compression test he said no prob no money needed just get u a new 1 which he will bring around again for us to test before buying.