340 damage dilemma

Like I said in the post, if there is a different metal, iron sleeve in an aluminum block, and the tester was calibrated to iron, it would report the iron sleeve thickness.
If both the sleeve and the block were cast iron, there would need to be a gap between the sleeve and the block bore for the sonic testor to only see the sleeve.

I understand what you're saying and I'm not arguing or disagreeing. I'm simply stating what I've seen. Both with cast iron and aluminum.