I went through a freeze plug job. The rubber freeze plug will get you home, buy you time. Pulled the engine and to my surprise freeze plugs were in horrendous shape. The cooling jackets were full of “mud”. 99 model with 62,000 miles but the cooling was neglected. Removed old plugs, flushed the engine and installed brass plugs with some RTV and it works perfectly.
Hi! Great video! Going to install same plug on the back of the head on my AMC 360, Javelin. Pain in the ass to get out the old plug, its so close to the firewall. But install this rubber plug is don in 5 min. Important as you say thread locker, and a good clean up around the plug hole and dry. Then I will think it will last for years
hi i have a Saab 900i 1993 model non-turbo the 2 welch plugs are weeping behind the manifold would the ones you have suit or am i better off putting brass ones back in
They are mostly universal. So find just a regular freeze plug for your car and check the diameter on it on the website (I use O'Reilly's) and then find a rubber freeze plug that fits within the specs. Hope this helps
I have two installed in an old 1974 that I've owned for about 3 years. 2 years ago, on very cold days when I don't use the car for many days there is a very slight seep that develops. Not sure how old the plugs are but the engine itself is at around 300k. I tighten the nut on the plugs and that slows the leak down because those nuts do loosens up. I'm thinking about adding thread locker as a last ditch effort before having to remove the exhaust manifold and redoing both of these plugs. An upside to having these rubber ones is that at least I wont have to deal with removing rusty seized plugs that come apart in the engine during removal. I'm curious, will the plug pop out on its own if I unscrew the nut all the way?
Threadlocker will help! I would not take the nut completely out because the bolt, along with the back washer has a chance of going inside the coolant passage depending on how big the passage is.
I looked up the metal freeze plug size my truck took. Then I went to the store and found the same diameter rubber freeze plug. I do not recall. But doing that should ensure the right rubber freeze plug
Sold the truck. Drove it hard for awhile. Know a few people that have them and they check on them everytime they change the oil. Seem okay! Hope this helps
Do they last? I recently installed them on my 87 Ltd crown Victoria and had people say they last years while others say months any help will be appreciated
It's all about the way you install it. If you used thread locker and had it seat right and tightened it tight they should not fail. Usually the cause of fail is installer error in my experience. Hope this helps!
@@saabin907-5 update I've had it in my car for 1 year now and never leaked nor have I needed to tighten them but I'm changing my motor mounts soon so I'm gonna put locking nuts on them just to be safe
Seems to me that this type of plug would defeat the entire purpose of the freeze plug concept,,aren't freeze plugs designed to pop out incase of freezing ,,,therefor cracking your block ?
While the freeze plugs are designed to do just that, the hole they are plugging is actually a result of the casting process, which would need to be plugged anyways. These wont save your block in a hard freeze, but they will easily plug the giant hole in it.
No,do not assume that they will pop out.they are there to remove the sand form from the casting process.firstly,have the correct ratio of Coolant so as not to have ice form in the block.
Helicoil it bro they dont really work on oil that much especially on an atv that's flying around off road. Lots of kits available to drill out and tap and put in a thread saver and then get a new drain plug
If installed incorrectly yes. They can pop out. That is due to not being tight enough or loosening or not being pushed in far enough. Follow my video and should last a long time. Been over a year and still no leaks. However I always keep an extra one in my glovebox just in case. Hope this helps,!
@@sm7501 yes. Whenever I do them I keep a spare on hand. Small enough to fit in the glovebox and all. Then when you use the spare take the other back for warranty unless you can't find it
I've had 2 rubber plugs in my 351W for 12 years now. No problems. If one starts to leak, I'll pull and put another $10 one in.....15 minutes.
I went through a freeze plug job. The rubber freeze plug will get you home, buy you time. Pulled the engine and to my surprise freeze plugs were in horrendous shape. The cooling jackets were full of “mud”. 99 model with 62,000 miles but the cooling was neglected.
Removed old plugs, flushed the engine and installed brass plugs with some RTV and it works perfectly.
Thanks buddy I am in a jam and I like the rubber type expansion plugs all day long. I’m on the way to the parts store.
Hi! Great video! Going to install same plug on the back of the head on my AMC 360, Javelin. Pain in the ass to get out the old plug, its so close to the firewall. But install this rubber plug is don in 5 min. Important as you say thread locker, and a good clean up around the plug hole and dry. Then I will think it will last for years
I'm fixing to install one on my 2000 Dodge 1500. Thanks for the video
So far so good ?
Thanks for the lesson...and I definitely appreciate the profanity it solidifies the legitimatimscy of being a mechanic.
Never trust a mechanic that isn’t an asshole haha
@@joshdenham8404 Just had coffee come out of my nose. Thanks for that!
Yea it helped with the training
Thanks for posting. 👍
Great idea with the thread locker.
Thanks!
Thread locker don't hold up against heat thats how you take off red lock tight off
Double nut it if you got enough threads left?!
@@1000186ful yes but thev red has to be heated to 500 deg. If your vehicle gets thar hot its done anyways....
a jam nut might help
Thank you! This was so helpful ♥
Thank you
Had one of these in an old car of mine for 5 years before I sold the car. Never leaked, never popped out.
Thank you sir.for the video
The rubber ones seem to loosen once in a while. I've had them for a couple of years in my ford ranger
jaybeefun add locktite
maybe put a jam nut on it.
hi i have a Saab 900i 1993 model non-turbo the 2 welch plugs are weeping behind the manifold would the ones you have suit or am i better off putting brass ones back in
Try the rubber for temporary.
Hey good video, hows it lasting does it leak?
Nope!
What if using a stainless steel nylon lock bolt instead of Locktigth???
Absolutely
Is the nut backing off or is the rubber shrinking and nut needs to advance?
jaybeefun if it were to loosen the nut would be backing off. but with locktite the nut should not back off.
@@saabin907-5 OK thanks
Is there one for 2015 Accord ?
They are mostly universal. So find just a regular freeze plug for your car and check the diameter on it on the website (I use O'Reilly's) and then find a rubber freeze plug that fits within the specs. Hope this helps
I have two installed in an old 1974 that I've owned for about 3 years. 2 years ago, on very cold days when I don't use the car for many days there is a very slight seep that develops. Not sure how old the plugs are but the engine itself is at around 300k. I tighten the nut on the plugs and that slows the leak down because those nuts do loosens up. I'm thinking about adding thread locker as a last ditch effort before having to remove the exhaust manifold and redoing both of these plugs. An upside to having these rubber ones is that at least I wont have to deal with removing rusty seized plugs that come apart in the engine during removal.
I'm curious, will the plug pop out on its own if I unscrew the nut all the way?
Threadlocker will help! I would not take the nut completely out because the bolt, along with the back washer has a chance of going inside the coolant passage depending on how big the passage is.
What size do you use?
I looked up the metal freeze plug size my truck took. Then I went to the store and found the same diameter rubber freeze plug. I do not recall. But doing that should ensure the right rubber freeze plug
Is it still holding up?
Sold the truck. Drove it hard for awhile. Know a few people that have them and they check on them everytime they change the oil. Seem okay! Hope this helps
Why you just dont use a nylon lock nut and you wont need the lock tight
Nylon lock nuts never crossed my mind. Guess I used what I had available. Thanks for that I'm going to give that a shot next time
Do they last? I recently installed them on my 87 Ltd crown Victoria and had people say they last years while others say months any help will be appreciated
These have been around for decades and yes they last year's.
Gee thanks I feel comfortable now.
It's all about the way you install it. If you used thread locker and had it seat right and tightened it tight they should not fail. Usually the cause of fail is installer error in my experience. Hope this helps!
@@saabin907-5 update I've had it in my car for 1 year now and never leaked nor have I needed to tighten them but I'm changing my motor mounts soon so I'm gonna put locking nuts on them just to be safe
Exhaust was not even in the way of that one
You are correct
Seems to me that this type of plug would defeat the entire purpose of the freeze plug concept,,aren't freeze plugs designed to pop out incase of freezing ,,,therefor cracking your block ?
While the freeze plugs are designed to do just that, the hole they are plugging is actually a result of the casting process, which would need to be plugged anyways. These wont save your block in a hard freeze, but they will easily plug the giant hole in it.
i lost a sm blk chevy to a big "H" size crack/rupture right between both the side core plugs. so the freeze plug did NOT function for me..
No,do not assume that they will pop out.they are there to remove the sand form from the casting process.firstly,have the correct ratio of Coolant so as not to have ice form in the block.
Do you think one of these plugs would work as a drain plug on atv differential? Stripped the hole 🤦🏻♂️
Helicoil it bro they dont really work on oil that much especially on an atv that's flying around off road. Lots of kits available to drill out and tap and put in a thread saver and then get a new drain plug
I have heard bad things can happen with those rubber plugs
If installed incorrectly yes. They can pop out. That is due to not being tight enough or loosening or not being pushed in far enough. Follow my video and should last a long time. Been over a year and still no leaks. However I always keep an extra one in my glovebox just in case. Hope this helps,!
You need to edit your videos to eliminate the noise and rambling.
Thanks for the input! Old vid. Not a pro. Hope it helped
Update buddy...
Sold truck unfortunately. I've done this on a few of my rides and they never failed!
Just had plug go out on me so ,should I keep a back up..??
@@sm7501 yes. Whenever I do them I keep a spare on hand. Small enough to fit in the glovebox and all. Then when you use the spare take the other back for warranty unless you can't find it
Over tite
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