Personally I would not use a head with cracks in it ether. I think
this is in the Bentley manual? I don't have mine infront of me...

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Stuart MacMillan wrote:

> Eric Zeno wrote:
> >
> > As for a compression leak: there is only two reason for this. One
> > is a crack in the head. Make sure the machine shop is using the
> > special chemicals required to find cracks in AL heads. I honestly
> > don't think this is the problem as, somewhere I had seen that
> > small cracks are exceptable for rebuilds.....go figure???
>
> Not on my rebuilds!  If anyone told you this run, don't walk, to another
> mechanic.  This is totally unacceptable, but people will do it to get an
> engine running well enough to sell the vehicle.
>
> Caveat emptor!
>
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