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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 10:59 PM
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I sold my 2000 WS5 to my buddy last year, car has 25,000 miles. He tells me it's at the dealership due to leaking coolant out of one of the heads according to the service tech.. The motor is 100% stock and the heads and headers have not been touched at all. Is it all possible to have a cracked head after 25k or is the dealer trying to pull a quick one?? I can't wait to find out more.. Has anyone experienced anything similar on stock motor???
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I sold my 2000 WS5 to my buddy last year, car has 25,000 miles. He tells me it's at the dealership due to leaking coolant out of one of the heads according to the service tech.. The motor is 100% stock and the heads and headers have not been touched at all. Is it all possible to have a cracked head after 25k or is the dealer trying to pull a quick one?? I can't wait to find out more.. Has anyone experienced anything similar on stock motor???
A cracked head or block on a stock LSx engine, I've never ever heard of it happening anywhere.

Maybe you have a bad head gasket thats leaking, which can be checked with a leakdown check.

But I guess its possible the head is cracked. I certainly wouldn't just take a dealers word for it though.
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