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Common crack areas on 440 #966486 04/05/11 12:44 AM 04/05/11 12:44 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 347 Kewaskum, WI K Kelob_pie OP enthusiast
Kelob_pie OP enthusiast K Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 347 Kewaskum, WI	Hey guys- Just picked up a 440 over the weekend. I was told she had a bunch of antifreeze in the oil. It's a 1977, out of a small motorhome (has 452 heads)70K miles on it, seems like it has never been apart yet. I got the heads and intake off, bores look good. Oil definately has water in it, but all spins over just fine. Are there common areas that these crack? Only time I have ever seen cracked 440 blocks was in the main webbing area, never near any water. Might possibly be the heads, I didn't rip them apart yet, but visually they look OK. Thanks for any ideas.

Re: Common crack areas on 440 [Re: Kelob_pie] #966487 04/05/11 12:50 AM 04/05/11 12:50 AM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows? 1_WILD_RT Management Trainee
1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	Look in the valley above the lifters... "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: Common crack areas on 440 [Re: Kelob_pie] #966488 04/05/11 07:02 AM 04/05/11 07:02 AM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6,446 NJ-USA H HPMike master
HPMike master H Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6,446 NJ-USA	Look real closely at the cylinder walls. Some of those blocks have pretty thin walls and I have seen split walls. Head cracks are very common as well. MB

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