Blew freeze plugs to head???

I learned my lesson with ipd parts put two c15's together with them and now have them both apart. on one of them the face of the top ring came off about 1 inch long and their rod brg in one section came apart down to the copper. I thought their products were good at first but have learned my lesson to stick with genuine parts.

 

If the block is free of counter bore cracks,divots,and was checked for low spots 360 deg around the deck then its good to go.Rebuilder should of printed a work sheet on this rebuild.If they did not pull all liners out then rebuilder will have to check liner protrusion on liners still in the block.Cat at one point had a liner flange problem that resulted in replacing all liner packs I have not seen this happen in years. Cat- IPD SHOULD give you a dimension of the liner,deck plate.If all of the above is correct then I would inspect the IPD liner(possible liner flange is to tall compared to the other) flange and the head gasket area.Was there a recall notice from IPD on bad flanges?Was all of the gaskets and grommets in correct place?Did they forget to install base gasket or head gasket or roll a liner oring this is what a master mechanic will be looking for IMO.

 

Been nice to see a picture of the broken liner flange! Sounds like you decided to leave the other liners in place. So what caused the liner to fail mechanic say?

 

If liner protrusion was to high on that cylinder and the deck was flat then my guess you had a liner out of spec( but not likely from being to high) this would leave the other five liner packs with a question mark.If the liner got hot you would see scoring marks on the liner.Im not buying what the mechanic said that it got to hot.Possible the old head gasket was out of spec(not likely) or something.Yeah take a close shot of the liner with the flower on your camera. The only picture I had of a liner so take one a pic real close next to the flange.

 

No pic yet?

 

This thread is 7 years old. I dont think the pics are coming bud.