RE: [Chrysler300] Freeze out plug

["Louis M. Barrie" <lmbarrie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark - this happened to me and Big Yellow - over 5 years ago on an early
break in run. I used the milled stainless steel plugs from Hot Heads
Research and Racing:

http://www.hothemiheads.com/main_caps/freeze_plugs_stainless.html
<http://www.hothemiheads.com/main_caps/freeze_plugs_stainless.html>

Never had a problem since - this is a notorious problem with the 413.

Louis M. Barrie
West Hills, CA
Home of Big Yellow

-----Original Message-----
From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Mark Souders
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 6:08 PM
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Chrysler300] Freeze out plug




This morning I was driving my 300H and three miles from the house, I pulled
out from a traffic light, and something went POP. Then there was a white
cloud of smoke coming from under the car. I pulled off the highway, opened
the hood and found that a freeze out plug removed itself from the left head.
With the help of a few gallons of water, I nursed it back home. Now I need
to know what size plug goes into that hole, what kind to get, and how do I
install it so that it won't escape again? The FSM is very evasive about this
subject. This plug has been in the head for 8 years and 13,000 miles, not
rusted out, the whole plug is gone, and the paint is chipped off the upper
control arm. I'm glad it didn't happen a few hundred miles earlier, when I
was in Myrtle Beach!

Thanks for the help,

Mark Souders
300H
Mohrsville, PA

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