Have an oops moment putting an engine together? At least you're not running for office. Here's how to repair a cracked engine block. This month for Hands on, we put some repair to a Cracked Engine ...

A machinist fixes a massive crack in an old cast iron engine block with a drill, a handful of bolts, and a tube of red loc-tite.

A crack in your engine block is a pretty intimidating problem. Here's how they happen, what you can do to fix it, and how to avoid the issue in the first place.

Can't weld your cracked block? Try stitching it with this trick that seems almost like magic.

We show you how to do your own engine block repair on our own cracked 351 Cleveland, with help from Josh Sprinkle of Miller Electric.

Still, this repair worked. While this serves as proof of the feasibility of repairing an engine block with JB Weld, there is one ultimate test of JB Weld epoxy: build an engine out of it.

A cracked engine block can be a disastrous problem that renders your car completely useless, but one Cummins block in particular was prone to cracking.

Some units of the 2023 Chevy Colorado may have been equipped with an engine with a cracked block, per a new GM Customer Satisfaction Program.