Has anyone personally experienced the porous block problem? What's it all about and how did you deal with it.

 

My wife's car had this problem. I posted the story on the other board some time ago.
It was basically a very slow leak of coolant, seeping through a small portion of the block. Too little to even drip on the floor, as it dried befor it made it to the floor. The honda Tech noticed it when I had it in for another service. It might not of ever effected the performance of the car. Better safe than sorry, Honda put a new Short block in her car.(from the head gasket down)
Here is a link with lots of pictures:
Disclaimer: not for the weak of heart. http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?...19900&a=7533788

All is well with her car now.

 

And there was another that had a small oil seep from the head and wound up getting Honda to replace the head as a result.

 

To bad Honda had to find this problem when the car had 5000 miles on it. I would have rather had an engine replacement at 35000 miles.
For those of you who don't want to look at all the pictures: