You should have it pressure tested and that would give you a better idea. Myself, I don't know whether a good pressure test result at room temperature is a perfect indicator of how it will perform. However if it leaks, for sure it would be a problem.

On my head, where the combustion chamber crack was, there was no carbon. That should have been a tip off for me.


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