rstoughy

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While cleaning up my bolck tonight for the imminent rebuild i noticed a hairline crack.
Now i know it's quite common for these blocks to crack around the long studs but just to be sure i thought id take a few pics and see what the engine builders on here thought

The engine was running great prior to removal from the previous owners car but has been sat now for a couple of years (hence the full strip down)

Now it's pretty hard to see so i have stuck a couple of pencil arrows towards it.

What do you recon???

Oh its a small turbo Escos block.

saph4be

mine was same it normally normal head bolts that cause this so i belive and longstudding is a way round it would imagine it would be ok tbh

rstoughy

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Any others

rog

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I don't know if I am more shocked at the crack, or the fact you've actually started rebuilding the engine at last..... Good luck with it mate, i know it'll be a proper machine when your done with it.

AustenW

Try it, whats the worst that could happen?

Leaks water

rstoughy

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LOL been working away in the background on it now for a couple of months Rog

rstoughy

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Yeah i know and i doubt it will even do that but just really trying to confirm my suspicions that it's all ok.

Cossie paranoia and i aint even got the thing back on the road yet LOL

adam151082

Is it def a crack? Not a scratch. I'd take the paint of at the side of the block with strippers (not abrasive's) and see how big it actually is. Good Luck either way.

paul16v

As said is it deffo a crack, looks very straight they dont usually crack in a perfect straight line like that

xr2wishy

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as said, looks like a scratch more than a crack.

markk

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I would have it checked properly why waste your money rebuilding if the block is cracked?

paul16v

See if you can get hold of some flaw detector spray, it comes in 3 aerosol tins a solvent cleaner a dye and a revealer, we used to use it on small fab work we did at work, will show it up clearly if it is a crack or not.