Coworker has a 2008 Hyundai Accent, which has overheated repeatedly, consumes a lot of coolant, and barely runs. He wants me to assist with repairing the engine, if possible. I assume by now, the head is warped or cracked, but what I am trying to determine is if the engine block in this model is iron or aluminum. If it’s iron, this can probably be repaired. If it’s aluminum, the entire engine would need to be replaced, which is more work than I would want to do.
Go to Wikipedia, look it up, click on the link to the engine, it should describe it.
Or, alternatively, place a strong magnet on the side of the block. If the magnet adheres strongly, then the block is iron. If it adheres very, very weakly–or not at all–it is aluminum.
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Mr. Google thinks the block is cast iron and the heads are aluminum alloy.
Me thinks this thing is past it’s sell date. I would see if there is a remanufactured engine for this thing if they really want to put it back on the road.
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Even with a cast iron block, you’re describing repeated overheating and likely the cylinder walls are glazed or out of round and the rings are coked up. Just putting a head on it won’t result in a reliable repair.
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You beat me to it… lol
Not to mention if coolant has mixed with oil during all these over heating endeavors, could have washed out the bearings also…
Now lets talk about a lesser discussed subject , if this is an automatic with the cooler in the radiator, over heating a vehicle especially multiple times will cook the ATF, below is what can happen if you continue to run an automatic trans while over heating…
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Transmissions? Nobody knows how those things work…
All I know is the fluid is good for a lifetime! (lol)