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Are all Rb30 heads cracked??? (engines not owners)*

Cheww

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in R Series (R30, R31, R32, R33, R34)

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So the other day i herd (what i thought was) a drastic outrageous statement.....

"That ALL rb30 heads are cracked, EVEN if you cant see it (because the crack isn't all the way through yet)"

and this is regarding the r31s as well as the VLs before you ask. 

old mate says its due to the fact that rb30s have hot exhaust gasses on one side of the water jacket and cold water on the other side and these hot and cold conditions are the reason for cracked heads on unmolested engines with 10,000km. 

i dont know if this is standard knowledge or not, but id kinda like to molest my engine so the idea of a potential crack in the head doesn't arouse me at all. So what do yall suggest i to do to find out if my engine has an "invisible" cracked or not? and how would i repair it if it was? (if what he says is true)

my engines actually running like a dream at the moment but it did have over heating troubles in the past that were fixed pretty quick

niZmO_Man Grand Master

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I suspect the cracked head story is from a VL, because their factory cooling system was not set up correctly, so someone drove their VL with a blown headgasket for thousands of kilometers before the engine gave up.

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51 minutes ago, niZmO_Man said:

I suspect the cracked head story is from a VL, because their factory cooling system was not set up correctly, so someone drove their VL with a blown headgasket for thousands of kilometers before the engine gave up.

not setup correctly? what do you mean?

the Radiator is lower than the head, you have to bleed the coolant . Because people werent aware of that and didnt do it doesnt mean there is a fault of the car.

niZmO_Man Grand Master

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Running off old memory but it was related to the radiator being lower than head and car not being bled properly because of that. R31's rad was higher? Like I said, it's been a long time since I've read about this.

r32-25t Grand Master

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2 hours ago, niZmO_Man said:

Running off old memory but it was related to the radiator being lower than head and car not being bled properly because of that. R31's rad was higher? Like I said, it's been a long time since I've read about this.

Yeah this is what it was

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