If my short block has a hole in it and everything else appears to be fine, i only need to replace the short block right? this is a d16y8

 

you wont know until you tear it down and find out.

 

If there's a hole in your block, there's a 99% chance that there's damage to the head.

 

your better off just getting a hole new motor and building it up

 

ur gonna open it up and see damaged pistons, rods, valves from the head.and prob have metal flakes everywhere so it wuld be ur best interest for a new motor. u dnt wanna fix the problem u see and den start it up and it not work for long or work at all.

 

The head may or may not be damaged. Without disassembling the engine, you won't know. These three replies sum it up:

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jonathan13 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you wont know until you tear it down and find out. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 93baggedcivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">your better off just getting a hole new motor and building it up </TD></TR></TABLE>

It's up to you whether it is worth your time to attempt salvaging a head that may be bad, or to just source a new longblock and replace the entire thing.

 

checked the head its not damaged at all

 

If its *NOT* at all damaged, then I guess you could just get a new block... But if I were you, I would take this as a excuse to grab a new motor and do a swap, Im thinking a B18b would do you well.