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10-27-2012, 07:04 PM

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cracked valve seats

how much damage will cracked exhaust valve seats cause and will the engine run.

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10-27-2012, 08:22 PM

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How badly are they cracked? By no means is it a good thing, but I bet most of the truck this old have cracked seats and are still running. Small crack will get by, but they can't get too long.

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10-27-2012, 09:06 PM

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crack valves

there not trough the seat the last 6 heads I've looked at has had them in the exhaust valves is this just bad luck?

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10-30-2012, 06:48 PM

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they usually always do on heads without pressed in seats and run fine.

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