Bitter taste of defeat! So much coolant in the oil pan.

[nm9stheham]

It's in the round, below where the work gets done.

What, if anything, is the next step? Is something like this patchable?

OK, well that is the spot it would come through. It is low enough on the side of the cylinder where the piston may not travel, but you should move the crankshaft one full rotation to check.

If this were an engine I did not care about, then I would try some JBWeld and make sure it got well into the water jacket. Sometimes those crazy fixes hold OK. But I also would lay fair odds that it eventually would leak coolant into the pan and ruin the engine if I did not catch it. So if this is an engine you care about, and if it is not a good risk to lose it, then I guess a sleeve as mentioned is the answer. Or another block. Bummer.....

 

[SBDart]

This happen to me . Cranked a block on the block face
It ran just like yours ran down to the pan . So had to buy a new block.
Still waiting on the new block to come back for the machine shop.

 

[MrJLR]

I think information like this should be included in the sticky "How to assemble the front of a small block Mopar"!!!!!

Man, I'm gonna be CAREFUL when I put mine back on!

:coffee2:

 

[Mopar Tim]

Just use the right, same bolts you took off. This is something I have never seen before.

 

[Sedanman]

At least 318's are cheap and plentiful.

 

[4spdragtop]

Man that's a hard lesson learned. Surprised I've not done that with all the cobble jobs I did with friends in high school. Least you found it.

Same here, Ive just been lucky I guess.