I'm attempting to bring the 'seized' A4 back to life in my recently purchased Catalina 30. I considered starting a 'build thread' but I hate to add duplicate info and there seems to be some superb ones already out there. To the issue at hand: After pulling the head, scraping the block (carefully) to remove the old head gasket material, I noticed that the surface of the block is 'dimpled' between the cylinder and the valves on #4, #3, and #2 getting progressively smoother toward the front of the block. #1 has almost no 'dimpling.'
My three-part question:
1. Why?
2. Is this condition acceptable?
3. I realize the port-side, rear stud at some point was broken and re-threaded. Could this be a contributing factor? i.e. Water seepage.
If this has been addressed before I apologize but I couldn't find anything relevant and as always thanks for any responses gents!
My three-part question:
1. Why?
2. Is this condition acceptable?
3. I realize the port-side, rear stud at some point was broken and re-threaded. Could this be a contributing factor? i.e. Water seepage.
If this has been addressed before I apologize but I couldn't find anything relevant and as always thanks for any responses gents!
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