"I removed head and found a hairline crack between #3 and #4 and evidence of coolant going mainly into #3."
AT HEAD OR BLOCK.? ( THE HEAD CRACKED IS EASY FIX TAKE IT ANY HEAD MACHINE SHOP AND TOWN AND POINT)
JB weld is really just cheap epoxy. glue. (THE WORD WELD IS A HUGE OXYMORON NAMED)
epoxy hates heat,oil/water and pressures huge here. (YES VASTLY BETTER EPOXY ARE SOLD, ASK)
combustion pressures are huge. 2000psi possible under load huge(hills) and aggressive right foot. (OR A TRAILER FULL OF BRICKS)\
AS ARE COMBUSTION TEMPS HUGE. (The reason the shop said (link) forgetaboutit.
yes may work for a while. (AKA, band-aid )
no photos of crack.? block or head.?
so was not smoke at all,but steam at tail pipe, a huge give way evidence that.
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS!
FINDING ENGINE BLOCKS NOW (IF IS) ARE NOT EASY . TOOK ME 6 MONTHS TO FIND ONE IN 2008.
BUT CAR-PART.COM YES TRY (WRECKERS NET)
AT HEAD OR BLOCK.? ( THE HEAD CRACKED IS EASY FIX TAKE IT ANY HEAD MACHINE SHOP AND TOWN AND POINT)
JB weld is really just cheap epoxy. glue. (THE WORD WELD IS A HUGE OXYMORON NAMED)
epoxy hates heat,oil/water and pressures huge here. (YES VASTLY BETTER EPOXY ARE SOLD, ASK)
combustion pressures are huge. 2000psi possible under load huge(hills) and aggressive right foot. (OR A TRAILER FULL OF BRICKS)\
AS ARE COMBUSTION TEMPS HUGE. (The reason the shop said (link) forgetaboutit.
yes may work for a while. (AKA, band-aid )
no photos of crack.? block or head.?
so was not smoke at all,but steam at tail pipe, a huge give way evidence that.
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS!
FINDING ENGINE BLOCKS NOW (IF IS) ARE NOT EASY . TOOK ME 6 MONTHS TO FIND ONE IN 2008.
BUT CAR-PART.COM YES TRY (WRECKERS NET)
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