core plugs and freezing

stagcar · Post by **stagcar** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:48 pm

Hi,

Just got to the good bit of any build when you pop some water in and fire up the engine.

But un known to me it looks like the engine has sat somwhere very cold with no or very little antifreez in it

One of the core plugs was lying on top of the front crosmember looks like its been blown out by ice.

My question is has this likley to have damaged the block? it also looks like the other ones have also been belled out a bit so it dont look good.

i relise they have done there job but not sure if theres an easy way of checking for block damage?

Many thanks
Derek

PS i will get this thing out the garage one day!

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:52 am

Really the only check is a pressure test so in reality your best bet is to put a new set of plugs in, fill it with a correct mix of antifreeze and water and run it and see if it leaks. inspect the area around the core plug holes for cracks, blocks often crack around the core plug holes if they do go.
Best regards
Mike

stagcar · Post by **stagcar** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:51 am

kiwicar wrote:Really the only check is a pressure test so in reality your best bet is to put a new set of plugs in, fill it with a correct mix of antifreeze and water and run it and see if it leaks. inspect the area around the core plug holes for cracks, blocks often crack around the core plug holes if they do go.
Best regards
Mike

Hi Mike,

Cheers for that i will have a good look around the core plug's lets hope its ok.

got a new set on there way now

Many thanks
Derek