Coolant leaking into 318 cylinder 8

thecatsfan said

Sleeving the engine is just as much work as a new block and similar cost. To sleeve the engine, I have to tear it down to completely bare. The shop will not touch it otherwise. The shop will have to sleeve it, bore it, hone it, check adjacent cylinders, redeck the block. I already talked to the shop about it, and they said I am looking at minimal cost difference.

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WTF?? Ok what are they charging for the install and the sleeve?

It should be 225 or less. No way can you machine a block for 225 bucks.

I’ve set literally hundreds if not into the thousands of sleeves. I had to set sleeves in a TA block. All eight. When I quit racing I sold that block because I had two X blocks. I sold it to a guy doing a 70 TA clone.

A sleeve is the simplest, cheapest fix. If you have a machinist who isn’t comfortable sleeving a block find a new one.

If he can’t bore a hole to size he’s not a machinist. He’s a poser.