03-02-2020, 09:43 PM
hi howard.
it scrap, throw it away.
ONLY KIDDING.
ive just got back in from collecting 7 reconditioned blocks from steve flake.
and i can remember seeing at least 5 are cracked in the same place.
ive been getting blocks reconditioned for my customers for nearly 30 years now. and yes most blocks have this crack.
none of them had further problems.
what i would do though, as the block is freshly bored. is to check the bores again after a week. to see if there are any poorus spots half way down the bores. they come up as little black dots.
porocity can come through at any bore size, and isnt always obvious when the bores are freshly bored, and nice and shinny.
i dont say this to worry you. its just easier to do any checks before an engine goes together. rather than second guessing when something goes wrong.
tony
it scrap, throw it away.
ONLY KIDDING.
ive just got back in from collecting 7 reconditioned blocks from steve flake.
and i can remember seeing at least 5 are cracked in the same place.
ive been getting blocks reconditioned for my customers for nearly 30 years now. and yes most blocks have this crack.
none of them had further problems.
what i would do though, as the block is freshly bored. is to check the bores again after a week. to see if there are any poorus spots half way down the bores. they come up as little black dots.
porocity can come through at any bore size, and isnt always obvious when the bores are freshly bored, and nice and shinny.
i dont say this to worry you. its just easier to do any checks before an engine goes together. rather than second guessing when something goes wrong.
tony