PNF
As an Ops guy, the answer is go......
If I were an Engineer the answer is ?????????
If I were a pilot, the answer is: factor all deferred defects into the go/no go call.
Well done for knowing the difference between MEL and QRH, however, I have spent to much time listening to Flight Crew v Engineering delays in this grey area.
Do what you think is right, leave the rest to us pen pushers. Fly safe, it saves us a lot of work.