2000 Saturn L100

EVOLOTTOLOVE

MEMBER
2000 SATURN L100
4 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
103,000 MILES

Thank you for taking my question.
On my wifes saturn the timing chain broke about 60 miles from home one night and saturn recalled many of their vehicles for this problem but not ours. So to be nice they offered to provide the parts at cost to me. Now I am about to reassemble the engine and in a moment of haste grabbed the wrong cleaning tool to get a little debris off the block surface leaving behind some fine scratches. Is there any way I can fix this myself or do I ignore it or do I need to have it machined and how can I keep the cost down since I am not working much right now?

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KNOWYOURAUTO

MECHANIC
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First we need to determine which reconditioning disc you used, if any for the block cleaning.

If you used the first image then the engine requires disassembly and cleaning of all pistons cylinder walls and oil galleys. The second image is the only safe product to clean the engine surfaces. If you used a different type of tool we need to know what that is before letting you know.

Please post back and we will figure this out.

Regards,