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Doing a head gasket, engine block surface is all pitted around cooling passages, do I HAVE to get the block decked? Is there an alternative? : r/MechanicAdvice
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Doing a head gasket, engine block surface is all pitted around cooling passages, do I HAVE to get the block decked? Is there an alternative? : r/MechanicAdvice
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