Repairable head? Crack between coolant passages
#1
Repairable head? Crack between coolant passages
I pulled this gsr head from a swap I purchased and noticed that is a hairline crack between two coolant passages. It was assembled by a shop so I’m surprised (kinda) that they didn’t tell the guy his head was cracked. Long story short is the head repairable or do I really need to worry about it. I was thinking the repair would be easy to drop a few beads across the crack then get the head milled. I don’t think the hairline crack would really matter and unless you overheat the head it shouldn’t get worse but that’s a complete guess. I never ran a head with a hairline crack like that. Curious to see if anyone ever ran a head with a small crack like this. Thanks for any suggestions or advice.
#2
Re: Repairable head? Crack between coolant passages
I'm no pro but my logic seems to fit yours.
Knowing me, If the head was flat, I would just run it.
The crack can't grow into any critical areas as far as I can tell.
Will just open up the passage more to the water jacket is my thinking.
But, once again, I'm no pro, so could be horribly mistaken.
Knowing me, If the head was flat, I would just run it.
The crack can't grow into any critical areas as far as I can tell.
Will just open up the passage more to the water jacket is my thinking.
But, once again, I'm no pro, so could be horribly mistaken.
#3
-Intl Steve Krew
Re: Repairable head? Crack between coolant passages
Talk to an automotive machine shop and see what they think. I would say it's easily repaired.
Whoever decked the head the last time did a shitty job and needs to change their tooling. Looks like they ran a grinder over it to clean it up.
Whoever decked the head the last time did a shitty job and needs to change their tooling. Looks like they ran a grinder over it to clean it up.
#5
Honda-Tech Member
Re: Repairable head? Crack between coolant passages
yeah it can/should be fixed. Drill a small hole on either end of the crack then use a dremel to grind the crack away. Tig weld then get resurfaced
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
eh2_Trav
Welding / Fabrication
5
02-11-2019 05:42 PM
eh2_Trav
Transmission & Drivetrain
1
01-21-2019 11:00 AM