Rubber Freeze Plug Vs Metal

Anyone used rubber plugs in place of metal freeze plugs.

Rubber freeze plug vs metal.

Yesterday i found out a rubber block plug will not work because they are to long. Ford has a small plug and if you try something bigger it bottoms put to quick. Your order may be eligible for ship to home and shipping is free on all online orders of 35 00. I have never installed a freeze plug before and i am worried i will do it wrong.

Okay i got a nice surprise from my 84 last night when i found one of the freeze plugs on the truck had bit the dust in the worst possible way. I suggested that the poster install a brass freeze plug not a rubber expansion plug. They will deteriorate and loosen over time. I replaced the freeze plug with an expanding rubber one my dad laughed said it wouldnt work well it sorta didnt i had to replace the freeze plug 3 years ago so eleven years was the limit.

A steel washer on the water side and a galvanized washer topped with a threaded stud and nut on the outside with a rubber plug in between. With that much pressure it is not uncommon to blow out a freeze plug or two. The screw in freeze plugs the 427 has cured any problem of blown freeze plugs in high perf. Check here for special coupons and promotions.

Replace the plugs with the original equipment type recommended. Bought an 87 ram charger in 93 that had a bad freeze plug. The rubber ones are meant as a quick fix repair not as a permanent replacement. So i do have a little room to ring a hammer.

I think ford has these shallower plugs. I tried installing metal ones but i had them backwards. Full day number three at it. Yes i know what the inside and outside of a expansion rubber freeze plug is made of.

Order expansion freeze plug universal for your vehicle and pick it up in store make your purchase find a store near you and get directions. Freeze plugs our volvo 240 engine shit out a freeze plug over winter and i am wondering about the longevity of a universal expansion plug.