Replace Headgasket and Waterpump or new engine?

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  1. Raytheeagle

    Raytheeagle Senior Member

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    NIce pic of the issue:).

    Was there anything in the housing that could be seen as the cause of the gash :whistle:?

    Usually with a scar like that, it has a mechanical cause. Just trying to understand better;).

    Glad it is sorted though (y).
     
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    From what he told me its a orod7ct defrct they're seeing alot of when theyre hitting 130k to 200k in mileage. I saw another one where the gas was on the lower part of the cylinder. Nothing maintenance wise could have caught it according to him.

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    Do you have the old pump or if the mechanic is seeing this frequently, could you ask him to take a pic of another one when he gets it:whistle:?

    Where I work we use a lot of magnetically driven pumps and sometimes we’ve seen the containment shell cut by a swollen magnet:cool:.

    Thanks again for sharing (y).
     
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    Got the part about the product defect with the OEM water pump at certain mileages.

    But the second part I was having a time with; which cylinder was that again?
     
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