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all seasoned 2.6 heads will have a crack there. Unless it reaches the water jacket, you just ignore it. I assume the machine shop pressure tested the head, right? Those cracks close some with heat, and most are not a problem for a long time, often 100's of thousand miles.


thanks.

so that isn't the cracking that these heads do when they fail? i was under the impression for some reason that it was in that area.

it looks like it goes all the way to the valve seat, is that normal?

i will talk to the machine shop tomorrow about pressure testing it.

'87 swb 5spd 2.6L Montero, >150k miles. Pretty much bone stock as purchased from user ToddStidham1, 'cept some Hella 500's, 700's and Hella ECE headlight conversions.

6'4", 315lbs