Coolant leaking into 318 cylinder 8

My shop will machine the entire block for a little over $500 and that includes some of the new bearings I will need. To sleeve one cylinder is less than $200. But they cannot just sleeve it and walk away. They have to check adjacent cylinders for distortion, and they have to redeck the block after it is sleeved. Probably will come out closer to $300 when finished. And I don't know that I should trust the block.

I am over $7K into this engine bay already. Not going to shortcut it for a couple hundred bucks.


Like I said, I agree with a new block. Your block wasn’t a good block to start with.

To that end, if that shop can’t set a sleeve without moving other bores around find a new shop.

A sleeve is so simple that to make a big deal out of it it’s nuts.

Stop coupon clipping and find a real shop with with actual machinist.