Nonotagain
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I don't seem to recall whether you stated cup or dish style or the material that they are made of, brass or steel.
My preference is brass cup style freeze plugs installed with 3M gorillia snot, aka weather strip adhesive.
The brass cup style plugs will take the shape of a slightly mis-shaped core plug hole.
Steel dish style plugs must be installed with sealer since the sealing surface is only the thickness of the plug material.
Did you bleed they system of air before installing the radiator cap after the freeze plug installation? The reason that I ask is that I installed an engine block heater freeze plug once that even though I thought all the air was bleed from the system, went to over 240F really fast. The lower portion of the block air locked and pushed out a new factory installed plug within 2 minutes of engine start.
I installed freeze plugs for years only using an impact socket. My Snap-On dealer finally shamed my into purchasing the ball jointed installation tool. The right tool for the right job.
My preference is brass cup style freeze plugs installed with 3M gorillia snot, aka weather strip adhesive.
The brass cup style plugs will take the shape of a slightly mis-shaped core plug hole.
Steel dish style plugs must be installed with sealer since the sealing surface is only the thickness of the plug material.
Did you bleed they system of air before installing the radiator cap after the freeze plug installation? The reason that I ask is that I installed an engine block heater freeze plug once that even though I thought all the air was bleed from the system, went to over 240F really fast. The lower portion of the block air locked and pushed out a new factory installed plug within 2 minutes of engine start.
I installed freeze plugs for years only using an impact socket. My Snap-On dealer finally shamed my into purchasing the ball jointed installation tool. The right tool for the right job.