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Do you all know if you do sonic test on a block are cylinder that has a sleeve in it does the tester pick up both the original cylinders thickness and the thickness of the sleeve are just the original cylinder thickness only.
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Only the sleeve thickness.
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So the only way to tell how much of the original cylinder was left would be to sonic the from the water jacket side.Thanks
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It'll be tough or maybe impossible to get a reading on a convex rough casting surface.
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