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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / December 2005

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chevy 305 freeze plug locations

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arsadams - 21 Dec 2005 17:34 GMT
I have been trying to locate all the freeze plugs in my engine it's a 1987
chevy g20 305 engine. It's leaking water close to the head was told that
the block is craked but the two freeze plugs on either side if the so
called crack are still there, Help not sure what is the problem.
HLS@nospam.nix - 21 Dec 2005 17:59 GMT
> I have been trying to locate all the freeze plugs in my engine it's a 1987
> chevy g20 305 engine. It's leaking water close to the head was told that
> the block is craked but the two freeze plugs on either side if the so
> called crack are still there, Help not sure what is the problem.

I dont understand what you are trying to say.

Freeze plugs have nothing to do with the block crack, necessarily.

They are not there to protect the block if you let the coolant freeze.
'Freeze plug' is a phrase that goes back a long time, and their purpose
is still misunderstood by some.

Those holes are in the block so that the casting sand cores can be
removed after the engine block is poured from molten metal.  The
core is washed out, and the holes are closed with 'Welch plugs',
aka freeze plugs.

If you count on them to save your block, you will end up walking.
 
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