Originally Posted by
Martin-Hadland
I think you're just be argumentative for the sake of it Mark

, when I was rebuilding customers engines and was faced with a cracked block the method I used was as described in my previous post and no problems were encountered afterwards.
No, arguing because people think that a crack is ok and that its acceptable.
Once a riser has appeared then the core has shifted end of.
Work to save the block is just that. Not right, but the answer should be a new block. Given the option you too would choose to replace it.