<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Good catch Bob!  Wow, it wouldn't be such a super thing to have the plug go away....</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM Bob Spidell via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>

  
    
  
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    I did a little diggin ... <br>
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    Apparently, they are designed to melt if the engine overheats, which
    would be grounds for voiding the warranty on a re-man. I wonder if
    the plug is made of bismuth, which is what sets off automatic fire
    sprinklers.<br>
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<a href="https://www.toyotanation.com/threads/mysterious-plugs-in-engine-block.1659464/" target="_blank">https://www.toyotanation.com/threads/mysterious-plugs-in-engine-block.1659464/</a><br>
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    <div>On 10/31/2025 5:08 AM, Simon Lachlan
      via Healeys wrote:<br>
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      <p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font face="Aptos">I
            saw this on Facebook</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Aptos">
            just now. Just curious….what</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Aptos">’s</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Aptos"> that thing in the middle of
            th</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Aptos">e</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font face="Aptos">core plug</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Aptos">? And</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Aptos">,</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Aptos"> if it’s a good thing, why</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font face="Aptos">don’t all the plugs have
            one? </font></span></p>
      <p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Aptos">Thanks, Simon</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span></p>
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