freeze plug leak???
12-28-2011, 02:44 PM
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6 cyl has 1 in front, kind a hard to get at, 3 along the side, and 1 in back under the bell housing above the starter nose. That you pull the trans for. Look for an intake or head gasket leak 1st. You can get expansion type that are easier to put in where you have little room to swing the big hammer. The drive in type/brass take a bit of strait push to get them in and are usually put in with the motor out of the truck. Awful easy to put in crooked and then water psi pushes them back out and leak again. If it's one on the side now is a good time to instal a block heater in that hole if it is easy to do/get at. Usually the 1st one to leak is harder to get at though. If you have brass plugs they tend to last longer, badly pitting on the inside to get to air. But evenually more than one will fail and seep, usually a stop leak doesn't keep the leak away for long if at all. The metal keeps failing away and enlarging the hole.
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12-28-2011, 04:50 PM
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6 cyl has 1 in front, kind a hard to get at, 3 along the side, and 1 in back under the bell housing above the starter nose. That you pull the trans for. Look for an intake or head gasket leak 1st. You can get expansion type that are easier to put in where you have little room to swing the big hammer. The drive in type/brass take a bit of strait push to get them in and are usually put in with the motor out of the truck. Awful easy to put in crooked and then water psi pushes them back out and leak again. If it's one on the side now is a good time to instal a block heater in that hole if it is easy to do/get at. Usually the 1st one to leak is harder to get at though. If you have brass plugs they tend to last longer, badly pitting on the inside to get to air. But evenually more than one will fail and seep, usually a stop leak doesn't keep the leak away for long if at all. The metal keeps failing away and enlarging the hole.