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Re: Are these Vortec Heads cracked beyond useage/repair?
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Originally Posted by andymiller
Explain me something.
I had a 1996 K1500 with a vortec 350 in it, with 178k miles, and it was still running like a champ, no leaks. Many are still on the road today. I'm sure many have cracked heads still installed. Blind faith or what?
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Kinda, since you can't see the cracks with the heads installed so you have faith they are still good to go since they run. Those cracks in the pics mightrun just fine at first. How long they would last is anyones guess. Might be 2 minutes, might be 100,000 miles. But once they've started they only get worse. If I pulled the heads on my 98 today and saw those cracks, even though it runs amazing right now, I'd replace them.
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