Stitching is a very expensive process. The shop should eat it.
He should have checked if thats what he said he was going to do.
And why would he say he's not seen it? Of course they can be cracked around water jackets. If they say they are going to check for cracks and are charging for it then, if they don't find a crack, it is on them. A brand new block would be less than a stitching job. Stitching is for large expensive castings.
