High chromium white cast are commonly used in application requiring excellent abrasion resistance, as central parts for pumps. The specifications and requirements applied for the white cast iron components are among the most stringent used within the iron foundry branch. One of the biggest problems for the production of these components is hot tearing. Irrespective of the name, this phenomenon represents the formation of an irreversible failure (crack) in the still semisolid casting. This paper aims to investigate the effect of molybdenum content, pouring temperature and cooling rate on the casting defect hot tearing. The procedure to achieve this was to study one casting component, impeller, in a production scale. The experiments showed that molybdenum content and pouring temperature had an important influence on casting defects. It was also observed that the solidification rate has a strong effect on the hot cracking.