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Old 01-18-2013, 03:28 PM
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Anybody have a ballpark figure on replacing one sleeve in a LSA block? thanks
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Old 01-18-2013, 03:35 PM
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Call ERL and have them do all 8. Doing 1 is not the best choice.

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Thanks... that's not going to happen though. too expensive
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Is it worth doing? short block only has 800 miles on it. should I just look for another block?
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What happened to mess up the 1.
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LSA blocks have squirters dont they?
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I was going to buy it, but think Im going to pass.
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They have squirters?? I know most diesels do bu I didn't know they started using it on gas engines. I would do all 8 at once, only one would worry me to much
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any shop can sleeve a Gen 4 block with a dry sleeve. Find a local machine shop its only a couple hundred bucks
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