Rubber Freeze Plug Vs Metal

A steel washer on the water side and a galvanized washer topped with a threaded stud and nut on the outside with a rubber plug in between.

Rubber freeze plug vs metal.

Opinions on universal expansion plugs vs. I suggested that the poster install a brass freeze plug not a rubber expansion plug. The screw in freeze plugs the 427 has cured any problem of blown freeze plugs in high perf. Freeze plugs our volvo 240 engine shit out a freeze plug over winter and i am wondering about the longevity of a universal expansion plug.

Anyone used rubber plugs in place of metal freeze plugs. Check here for special coupons and promotions. Your order may be eligible for ship to home and shipping is free on all online orders of 35 00. Full day number three at it.

With that much pressure it is not uncommon to blow out a freeze plug or two. Okay i got a nice surprise from my 84 last night when i found one of the freeze plugs on the truck had bit the dust in the worst possible way. They will deteriorate and loosen over time. The rubber ones are meant as a quick fix repair not as a permanent replacement.

Tonight i pulled the old rusty ones out but i must say the one on the driver s side is really pissing me off getting it back in because the oil. Order expansion freeze plug universal for your vehicle and pick it up in store make your purchase find a store near you and get directions. Replace the plugs with the original equipment type recommended. I tried installing metal ones but i had them backwards.

Bought an 87 ram charger in 93 that had a bad freeze plug. Ford has a small plug and if you try something bigger it bottoms put to quick. Yes i know what the inside and outside of a expansion rubber freeze plug is made of. Yesterday i found out a rubber block plug will not work because they are to long.

So i do have a little room to ring a hammer. I think ford has these shallower plugs.