[Chrysler300] Re: Freeze out plug

["richard_e_osborne" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Louis,

Thanks for sharing. These look awesome. Definitely the way I will go next time around.

Best regards,

Richard

--- In Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Louis M. Barrie" <lmbarrie@...> wrote:
>
> 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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> 
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> 
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