this is after all of this was done, and motor not run yet. pr test shows leak so im trying to pinpoint it. . The machinist found the problem that he felt was contributing to the water intrusion problem and didnt want to do work that wasnt needed to save me wasted money in his opinion(40 yr experience). He visually inspected the heads as i did and were no signs of cracks in the usual places . ( were both aware visual isnt definitive , but he know **** about these we dont, hes the areas major machinist for all the marinas in the area Wilmington NC.) Very boat rich area as you can imagine. Thers always the chance he didnt want to check for cracks with magnaflux or pr test bec it would have eliminated him doing $300 worth of work vs 60, so who knows. Didnt seem like that kind of guy since he gave me 2 valves no charge but you never know. There is no definitive indication he was wrong yet. To be determined with the pressure test this weekend. cylinder walls are fine. no signs of craks in gally as stated before but can still be cracked in lower end although when motor was out i checked that area. Yes we've established there were signs of head gasket breach, all that was removed with milling of head and cleaning of block deck! we're way past that, there's still a leak and since the motor hasnt been run since the new head gaskets were installed i doubt that's the problem.
