# Any experience with sealing a pitted engine **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 25, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/any-experience-with-sealing-a-pitted-engine/192481 "2023-08-25T16:44:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Angelv3059\_180292](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Angelv3059\_180292](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Angelv3059_180292)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/any-experience-with-sealing-a-pitted-engine/192481/1 "2023-08-25T16:44:32Z")
07 Pontiac Grand Prix. 3.8 L. Anyone have any experience with getting a used engine sealed if has pits in it? Put a used engine in my car last year and the shop said it would probably only last me a year. Just curious if anyone has done this and how long they know a car has lasted after getting this done? It was the engine block to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/any-experience-with-sealing-a-pitted-engine/192481/2 "2023-08-25T18:28:32Z")
Pitted engine block where? On the cylinder walls, deck surface? Main bearing saddles? ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/any-experience-with-sealing-a-pitted-engine/192481/3 "2023-08-25T19:50:47Z")
It’s due to die right about now? Line up a replacement. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/any-experience-with-sealing-a-pitted-engine/192481/4 "2023-08-26T00:22:39Z")
I’m guessing the intake manifold sealing surfaces are pitted and maybe the heads where the intake mates up ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/any-experience-with-sealing-a-pitted-engine/192481/5 "2023-08-26T00:51:24Z")
There have to be tons of good quality 3.8 engines around instead of dealing with a bad one. Just don’t wear out and should be cheap.