For you that know. When GE sleeves your block do they us a lot of that Orange RTV/silicon? Cause i just tour my motor down to refreshin it and there were two good size clumps of that stuff in the water ports. I bought the motor already build so it could of been the builder. And has anyone ever had a case were the coolant leak out of the bottom of the sleeve into the pan?

 

i never saw a GE sleeved block with rtv sealing the sleeves. you sure they are GE sleeves? pics?

 

GE uses a grey epoxy sealant

 

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agree never seen any orange rtv on a golden eagle block before. any pics of the block?

 

maybe Ksport sleeved teh block? but seriously pics are needed for further discussion.

 

I found out that GE used to use orange silicone when they first started , there are 3 or 4 blocks still roaming around like that. I happened to run across one several months ago and I had to send it to get re-sleeved again.

 

I'll try to get some pics up tonight. I'm guessing this could be a older block. form the story i got it was put together over two years ago. but who knows when it was sleeved.

 

Just checked my PMs.

(Golden Eagle: that must be a old block we havent used that stuff in over 6 years now it will need resleeved)

 

the good news is the HD sleeves are badass , the bad news they aren't cheap

 

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Aren't cheap? They are perfectly reasonable and on par with every other sleeve out there lol

 

I had the old style block with the orange stuff.. The blocked leaked alot in the engine dyno.. the leak was in the bottom of the sleevs.. Bars leak cured it.. I have no isues so far..

 

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Aren't cheap? They are perfectly reasonable and on par with every other sleeve out there lol</TD></TR></TABLE>
I was referring to the fact that it sucks to spend 1000$....I know its a reasonable price, I just picked mine up before the price increase

 

but its not 1000 for a resleeve its 550.00

 

Its all good. shipping the block off this week.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Golden Eagle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but its not 1000 for a resleeve its 550.00 </TD></TR></TABLE>gotcha