RE: [Chrysler300] Freeze out plug

[Bill Huff <czbill@xxxxxxxxxx>]

They said those were for stepped freeze plug 
holes.  The B/RB engines just have plain holes, 
did they still work ok?  Do the plugs have a 
flange to keep them from going in too far?

I never had a problem with my RB engines,I use 
hardening Permatex, but I do dread trying to 
install the dished plugs in my 392.  I have heard 
a lot of horror stories about them popping out.

Bill Huff

At 4/12/201009:41 AM, Louis M. Barrie 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
><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: 
><mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>[mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
>Behalf Of Mark Souders
>Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 6:08 PM
>To: <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>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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