90 240sx no engine compression but has blowen freeze plug?

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justjoshs240
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is this my problem, i bought it like this so idk if the kid over heated and fryed the rings or not,and the freeze plug is on the block


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So one or more of the freeze plugs has popped out of the block? Must be one hell of a blown head gasket for that to happen.

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only one

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Well, rings being gone couldn't blow out the plug, but a bad head gasket might. You should be looking at a full rebuild.


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