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Originally Posted by Brendan
why would you rebuild that block, it has a bad stud in the water jacket
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I see no reason not to rebuild that block if something as simple as a dab of RTV is enough to keep it going. Things are different over there but good blocks don't grow on trees here. I nearly cried when I was at Berts last year and saw some of the blocks they were rejecting. Sure, some were scrap but it wouldn't have taken much to bring some back into good service. It seemed to me that lots of good stuff is wasted over there but like I said, things are different.
The majority of the engines in my cars have at least one Helicoil and one has 5 of the head studs held by one (each). 30,000 miles and no sign of trouble and even if it did fail, it would still not be the end of the world.