Cracked sleeve Why do these engines crack their sleeves ? Seems to be a common problem.

Firstly the sort of crack cylinder heads suffer from are most often not visible which is why pressure testing is important especially if the previous blown gasket had resulted in a nearly cooked engine.

Uneven heating of a metal mass will always cause distortion and uneven cooling often causes a crack - this is often the consequence of leaving a failing head gasket until it has failed.

It isn't unknown for the top of a cylinder block to need attention due to corrosion or warpage. It isn't unknown for a cylinder block to crack, it also isn't unknown for head bolts to stretch and bottom in the holes especially when the head has been skimmed...
It isn't unknown for amateur mechanics to misinterpret the cylinder head bolt tightening method when it uses a mixture of conventional torque wrench and angular torquing.

Possible blown head gasket or gaskets, leaking or cracked intake manifold plenums, cracked cylinder wall sleeve or sleeves. How do you know it is water contamination?

Hi , you've either got a crack in your cylinder head itself or engine block sleeves cracked . but most likely it is the cylinder head .

GE Dryer door area making a noise....

Most likely your sleeve bearing housing is cracked. Need new bearing housing and front sleeve bearings.

cracked sleeves --yes-- as the combustion gas gets into the water jacket Unusual unless you have had the motor frozen. Cracked piston will be very noisy especially under power. There can be expected oil consumption with a noticeable miss in the sound of the engine. I would be doing a pressure test on the radiator to check for sleeve problem. Check the condition of the fins of the radiator and if the cores are blocked inside. If you have a viscous fan hub I would consider it a very real possibility for over heat problem as it will not drive the fan when it should.

You don't say what color the smoke is.

Blue smoke means the engine is burning oil, so it has very worn internal parts inside. (lots of miles, or very poor maintenance) Not a thing you can do about this, except rebuild the engine, or replace the engine.

Black smoke means that the engine is running too rich, getting too much gas.- Get a complete tune up.

White smoke means that the engine is burning its coolant, which means that you probably need a new head gasket (Best case) or the block, or piston sleeve, or head is cracked. If cracked block or sleeve, then you need a new engine. If head or head gasket, then you only need those parts replaced.

No. What kind of vehicle is it? White smoke in the exhaust is actually steam, which is caused from your engine burning coolant. The most common causes of this are blown head gasket or a cracked head. Check your coolant level and have a coolant system pressure test done to confirm.

no charlie they will not work in your dads engine the sleeves will be to big

it spun a bearing on the crank. only way to fix the crack is possibly having a sleeve put in that cylinder

This is a common problem, I had the same issue, mine completely broke off. You can buy the new sleeve with a new rod at the dealer. The replacement is quite simple. You need to remove the upper and lower covers for the steering column, then drop the sterring column with by removing the four bolts. There are four bolts that hold the sleeve in.