Do you remember...a while back a post?
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Do you remember...a while back a post?
Not to worry this is not for my Vette! but to help a friend who might just have a cracked cylinder wall! 
I have been searching for a post that showed one of our Forced Inducted members whose Cylinder wall cracked and near the top by the water passage - He was having cooling issues (If I remember correctly)
He then pulled his heads because he thought he was pushing water due to a bad head gasket, but it turned out to be a crack at the top water passage!
I mean I can see the pictures in my head but I just can't seem to find it anywhere!
If you remember it and you got the post can you post the link for me?
Thanks,Matt
I have been searching for a post that showed one of our Forced Inducted members whose Cylinder wall cracked and near the top by the water passage - He was having cooling issues (If I remember correctly)
He then pulled his heads because he thought he was pushing water due to a bad head gasket, but it turned out to be a crack at the top water passage!
I mean I can see the pictures in my head but I just can't seem to find it anywhere!
If you remember it and you got the post can you post the link for me?
Thanks,Matt
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But I think it was right about the time I was "Pushing Water" and ended up doing all the work myself, January 2012 - and man I searched but I came up empty!
I want to say it was Chris Stewart but I couldn't be sure - I just remember the pics -
Maybe I will start a post of pics for cracked piston holes next to the water jacket!
Thanks,Matt
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From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
Yes and Chris just posted the pic here:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-f...post1587295821
Thanks,Matt
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-f...post1587295821
Thanks,Matt
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It's my pic, that was a brand new LME build that I tore up. I still have the block in my garage. Not sure if I might have it sleeved or sell as scrap metal, cause otherwise it's a real nice LS6 block.
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From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
Chris do you have the link to the Original post I saw this in?
Can't remember if you began a thread with this in it.
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Yeah it was buried inside of this thread. TTiX tuneup nets 883/879
Arun did a good job describing what happened here.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1579882125-post76.html
Arun did a good job describing what happened here.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1579882125-post76.html
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From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
Yeah it was buried inside of this thread. TTiX tuneup nets 883/879
Arun did a good job describing what happened here.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1579882125-post76.html
Arun did a good job describing what happened here.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1579882125-post76.html
Excellent and thanks for digging it up!
Thanks,Matt
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Not to worry this is not for my Vette! but to help a friend who might just have a cracked cylinder wall!
I have been searching for a post that showed one of our Forced Inducted members whose Cylinder wall cracked and near the top by the water passage - He was having cooling issues (If I remember correctly)
He then pulled his heads because he thought he was pushing water due to a bad head gasket, but it turned out to be a crack at the top water passage!
I mean I can see the pictures in my head but I just can't seem to find it anywhere!
If you remember it and you got the post can you post the link for me?
Thanks,Matt
I have been searching for a post that showed one of our Forced Inducted members whose Cylinder wall cracked and near the top by the water passage - He was having cooling issues (If I remember correctly)
He then pulled his heads because he thought he was pushing water due to a bad head gasket, but it turned out to be a crack at the top water passage!
I mean I can see the pictures in my head but I just can't seem to find it anywhere!
If you remember it and you got the post can you post the link for me?
Thanks,Matt
When I started pulling the heads, I found that the drivers side head had a very loose bolt...I unscrewed it with my hand. The car failed around 16psii (approx.). A friend/mechanic was helping me and he installed the heads. I should have double-checked his work but I didn't. After talking with AES about it, they told me that was EXACTLY what caused the failure.
Hope this helps...sorry about your friend.
EDIT: Didn't read that you found what you were looking for. Oh well...this is still good info...triple check your headbolts!!
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From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
Not sure if you were talking about my thread but, I had a sleeve crack due to water intrusion. The block itself was fine. Everything in the tune was safe and the logs were spot on.
When I started pulling the heads, I found that the drivers side head had a very loose bolt...I unscrewed it with my hand. The car failed around 16psii (approx.). A friend/mechanic was helping me and he installed the heads. I should have double-checked his work but I didn't. After talking with AES about it, they told me that was EXACTLY what caused the failure.
Hope this helps...sorry about your friend.
EDIT: Didn't read that you found what you were looking for. Oh well...this is still good info...triple check your headbolts!!
When I started pulling the heads, I found that the drivers side head had a very loose bolt...I unscrewed it with my hand. The car failed around 16psii (approx.). A friend/mechanic was helping me and he installed the heads. I should have double-checked his work but I didn't. After talking with AES about it, they told me that was EXACTLY what caused the failure.
Hope this helps...sorry about your friend.
EDIT: Didn't read that you found what you were looking for. Oh well...this is still good info...triple check your headbolts!!
Thanks,Matt
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I think I have pics back home...but I won't be there for a long time (deployed). I can tell you that, the crack in the sleeve starts about 60% down from the top...and continues all the way up to the top. The sleeve was the only thing cracked. The block was fine.