Bill,
I am not talking about the quality of the casting but the properties of the
metal that is used to do the casting!
Joe
Davies William-qswi646 wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@gte.net]
> >
> > I have also heard from a highly respected source that the
> > block metal in the MkIV and 1500 engines is inferior to the
> > earlier ones.
>
> I have only encountered one porous cylinder head casting - this was on a
> MkIV (not my own). I have been told that this was not uncommon on cars of
> this age, but I understood that the later 1500 castings were better,
> Cheers,
> Bill.
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