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Terry Cost wrote: I have looked in the > places that cracks are supposed to be common on these cases, but don't see > any others (there is lots of grime though, so it's hard to tell). The rest > of the engine looked pretty good on the inside. The cylinders still had very > prominent crosshatching, is this normal? Almost no ridge at the top, and I > suspect most of what is there is carbon build-up, not wear. The cam has no > obvious wear patterns, but that may not tell me very much. I didn't look yet > at rod side clearance. Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions, I'll > keep you posted. > Get the case clean and then run a torch over any suspected cracks. If they are they they will show themselves by the oil trapped in them being released by the heat. Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org