The next chapter in the story of fixing the damn head gasket came this afternoon, prepping the block for the reco'd head that I pick up tommorrow morning. The surface of the block directly beneath where the head gradually corroded and blew the HG is pitted a little. Not just a little spot, but a crescent shape about an inch long that follows the edge of the bore about 2mm back, so it's in a critical part of the combustion seal. It's not very deep, enough to see and feel but far less than a mm.
What now? Are blocks repairable, or is it scrap? Bear in mind that the block is still in the car attatched to everything...
Location: I renounced punctuation
Registered: May 2002
Re: pitted block surface - repairable?
Wed, 25 September 2002 10:37
Photo would be helpful.
Best bet is to take block to an engine machinist and see if the block surface will clean up by decking it. Usually it will but this ultimately means dismantling your engine and taking the machinist a bare block. Probably a lot more work than you had in mind.
Wed, 25 September 2002 10:23
