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Mar 22, 2021 | 09:01 PM

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FlyJSH

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From: Houston

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Originally Posted by Rusty_S

Cant say that they went black but I know 99% of the rebuilders out there spray their rebuilt engines black for some reason. I got into it with one guy when I was trying to get it painted the oem color and he insisted that rebuilt engines need to be black.

Brilliant way to hide a leaky engine.

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Mar 22, 2021 | 09:08 PM

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Rusty_S

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From: Houston

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Originally Posted by FlyJSH

Brilliant way to hide a leaky engine.

It is. Its also a sure fire way to identify a generic rebuilt engine as its also doubly easy on the builder to paint everything black vs the proper colors.

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