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Originally Posted by Brz_racer
Basically I removed the plug that was put in by the manufacturer and it was so tight it stripped the threads and cracked the block when I broke it loose. I would be very surprised if the warranty covered this as the damage was technically caused by me.
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If that's
really what happened, and you did nothing to contribute to the failure, I would have made a warranty claim anyway. A block should not be made of such brittle material that removing a threaded plug cracks it. Unless I'm misunderstanding, that plug is supposed to be removable to allow installation of a third party oil pressure gauge.
At this point you may have done enough other things trying to fix it to complicate the matter. But I think if it were me, I'd still try a warranty claim rather than shelling out several thousand dollars for an engine replacement. I would probably be willing to go to small claims court over it to force the issue.