An old Chamberlain we had with a John Deere engine it let go from it. Took about 9000 hours though. One sleeve was hammered in one spot. Looked like a sandblaster had been at it. Got another old Chamberlain that blows head gaskets because the sleeves have sunk down on the o-rings. I have replaced the head gasket twice now mainly because it's cheaper than rebuilding and machining the block to fix it.
Cooling systems are more of a "system" than is realised as you said. It should be fairly straight forward to get a V8 Holden right. I never saw too many issues with the Cat 793 trucks I drove at Cadia. They were 2700hp V16 operating in temps from below zero to over 40. Running out of the pit under full load for 30 minutes to get to the top! That was a real eye opener for me.
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