Freeze plug replacing

Post by **ddg_bob** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:38 am

Anyone done this? If so, can you describe the procedure to me or direct me to a source? '93 GXE VH engine. These are the three plugs on the top of the block, below the intake.

Thanks

Post by **NISTECH** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:38 am

use a screw driver and a hammer. hit it on one side of the plug to spin it in the hole. Grab it with a pair of pliers and yank it out. to install a new one use a socket that just fits inside the outer ring of the freeze plug and tap it in. dont hit it to hard as you could knock it clean through the whole. hit it till the lip of the outer ring is flush with the bottom of the taper around the freeze plug hole.

Post by **ddg_bob** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:38 am

Did as you said. Even though I dit it just on one side, all I did was drive the plug deeper. Any suggestions? I'm concerned about driving the plug into the water jacket and never being able to remove it.

Thanks

Post by **NISTECH** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:38 am

are you hitting it only on 1 side? If you hit it only on 1 side it will just spin in the hole and you can yank it out with a pair of pliers. It will not simply pull out of the hole once it spins you will need to yank on it hard to pull it back through the hole. If the old plug falls in it wont go far you can just grab it and pull it out.

Post by **ddg_bob** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:38 am

Thanks. I finally "persuaded" it out of the block. What I could not see is that there are lips on the block at 12 and 6 O'clock (assuming u are standing at the front and facing the rear of the car). You have to use the punch in the 3 and 9 O'clock positions to get the bugger out.

Freeze plug replacing

Freeze plug replacing

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