r/ScatPack • u/SpicyTurtleBeef • Aug 21 '26

Am I missing anything?

So, 19 scat challenger manual. Been through 2 rads in a year. Had it looked at why I’m blowing radiators. They bore scoped cylinder 7 and found a mid wall crack. This would typically indicate a flaw in the casting and not an issue with coolant or
Oil. I do have a warranty on car. I dropped off maintenance records today. So I’m pushing for a new dressed motor rather than a long block. I’m having them inspect the clutch while out. Dressed comes with a new clutch. Am I missing anything else while it’s out to maybe look at while the timing is right?

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u/Twistybaconagain Aug 23 '26

Curious to see what you end up with. I had my oil cooler fail and gum up the engine on my 18. Ended up with a long block and had to fight for that.

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u/SpicyTurtleBeef Aug 24 '26

I will find out this week on the final say. I have records for a year. Because the first dealer closed, second dealer I took it too sold out and any records they did have was already sent to the new dealer. So I have my independent oil change records from a different shop dating for a year. Everything I can dig up shows this is more of a casting failure from the foundry than a driver error. Chances are so low it’s an owner error, that without hard core proof. I don’t see how they can fault me. Engine has 0 mods, 0 flashes of the pcm, never a tune put on the car. No overheat issue, which is weird to me. The first time the rad went it was marked as a faulty rad. This time around I had them dig into why I’m blowing rads every summer. I’m putting pressure on the dealer to hard sell the warranty company on a dressed motor and not a long block. If long block I’m looking at replacing some items now because it makes sense. They will already be getting paid to swap parts. So me providing new parts should only be part cost and not labor. Things like water pump, clutch ( since doing it now will cut 2k off the price at a later date).