[Fot] What came first - the head gasket or the freeze plug????

[Joe Boruch]

I lost a freeze plug on my Spitfire years ago and more recently had one
leaking on a head that I rebuilt for my TR3. Both were plugs that were in
place for years.  From now on, I will replace them as part of the build up, so
that I know what I have.
With my Spitfire I drilled and tapped 4-40 screws next to the freeze plug as a
little more insurance to retain the plug.  Joe(B)

-- "RACER BUD" <budscars at msn.com> wrote:
Hi Jay....I don't know what TR you are racing, ..I have a new engine in my
Spitfire....and the new freeze plugs are leaking..without even being on the
track.....I've been told that now that the blocks are getting old, that
putting a sealer in the water system is a normal thing ?
I could use some input here too.
Thanks
Racer Bud
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Creel" <jaxonracing at yahoo.com>
To: "greg" <gtlund at cyberspeedway.net>; "FOT LIST" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 6:36 PM
Subject: [Fot] What came first - the head gasket or the freeze plug????


> While racing today at LRP, I lost the head gasket.  Brand new motor, only
> 2 sessions of time on it.  Upon inspection, the rear freezeplug had "left
> the building".  So my question is this, is it more likely the gasket
> failure caused the freezeplug to go or the other way around?
>
>  This motor was brand new, and it was put together (dad and myself)
> effectively.  This motor doesn't leak and it has power so why would the
> gasket go so quickly? This is why I am leaning towards the freezeplug as
> the cause and the gasket as the effect....
>
>  Thoughts...
>
>  Thanks
>  Jay
>
>
>
>
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