cracked head?

are these 2 little cracks the sign of a screwed up head? i traded an isuzu i had for a mazda, and we assumed it had a blown head gasket, but since it takes like 2 days to take all the factory crap off the engine to get the head off, i checked the parts for cracks, and found these 2 between valves. so this is junk now right?

not nessesarily(bad speelling) usually theyll fly but take it to a head shop. our guy usually tells us to run em unless theres more than one. i havent done one in a while so i cant remember much. so im not help.

ps 2 of the head bolts came out with the oil/water mix on them, dunno if that means anything.

geez wheres russ at good thing i kept a parts truck.....

i just pulled the head off one of my mazdas last night and luckily found no cracks ... But bad news for you that those two cracks are the BIGGEST problem with mazdas and yes that head is bad. Anyone that has head problems with a Mazda will tell you to look between the valves for cracks and thats whats allowing oil to seep in to the cylinder. I imagine it smoked alittle huh.LOL

sweet thanks, guess i'll pull my parts truck head, and x my fingers!!!

Yeah Mazda heads blow, mines not cracked but it was still getting oil into the cylinder so I have to have it checked out because a lot of the time a head will even be warped. I just hope its the dam head gasket.

this truck didnt smoke any, the temp just rose alittle, then my buddy stopped it, and had it towed home. there was steam comin out of the exhaust, mostly coolant was in the cylinders though, 2 head bolts on the exhaust side had the oil/water mix on them. dunno though, im gonna get this other head, and check it though.

yep, as been said, no es bueno. It doesnt have to have milkshake oil to be bad... steam in the exhaust is enough.

Corey is right, that is very common.

I have an extra head. ill pull it off and ship it if someone needs it.