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Originally Posted by terryz28
Looking to buy a 2002 H1 with the "Z" vin number. Vehicle has 53000 miles. The question is ... knowing that these are the vehicles that have the cracked block problem, when is it safe to assume it will not crack? Hoped if it had not cracked by now maybe it wont. Need you guys to help with this one. Thanks.
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supposedly they have this corrected by the 2001 MY. Meaning most of the 2000's and beyond are safe.... they also, were supposed to change the VIN digit from a Z to an F..... but... I have a 2001 with 46k on it with a Z engine never once had an issue with it. I know several others, with 2000's and 2001's with a lot more miles on them with with no issues. I know a guy with a '96 with 140k on his with no issues.... so bottom line is its a crap shoot if it will happen. If you wanted to, you could manually inpect the block for the castng change and see if yours is the "better" design....
see:
http://flashoffroad.com/Diesel/No8Cyl/CrackedBlock.htm