Re: [Chrysler300] Soft Plugs Revisited -- Two Losses

["Ron Waters" <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What Michael describes below has never happened to me, so I have to ask this 
question:

If I was driving along and a freeze plug (soft plug) blew out, how would I 
know ? Does the engine just quit on me, is there a sudden loss of power but 
I can still get to the side of the road ?

Thanks,

Ron



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Reed" <mrreed@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Chrysler 300 Club Intl." <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
<la1948@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Soft Plugs Revisited -- Two Losses


> Two outings this year, both under 15 miles, two soft plugs blown out of 
> the "F". Now I am afraid to drive it anywhere other than around town. 
> After 31 years of total reliability, it has now become totally unreliable. 
> Maybe coincidental? But I'm not willing to gamble on it.
>
> This fall I will be (hopefully) be able to replace the remaining 8 
> plugs -- that seems to be the only remedy that is practical now. In the 
> meantime, the (heresy, I know) Chevelle will do car events.
>
> Mike Reed in Lake Odessa, Michigan
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: la1948@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  To: Michael Reed
>  Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 7:01 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Soft Plugs Revisited -- Two Losses
>
>
>  These plugs are convex and have no flange on the edge.  They fit in a 
> champfer and bottom out with the curve facing up.  Then they are hit down 
> flat which expands them.  There is a tool for this so they don't get 
> pushed too far and loosened again.  Same thing happened to me.  The shop 
> that did the heads just used a ball peen hammer.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Michael Reed
>  Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010 5:55 am
>  Subject: [Chrysler300] Soft Plugs Revisited -- Two Losses
>  To: "Chrysler 300 Club Intl."
>
>  > On its first drive this year, the "F" popped a soft plug (left
>  > head, front) about 12 miles from town. On it's second drive
>  > yesterday, it lost another (left head, rear).
>  >
>  > This time all 10 soft plugs will be replaced. What I wonder is --
>  > is this a coincidence? Or not... Two of them in two trips?
>  > While it isn't readily conceivable to me -- could there an
>  > inordinate amount of pressure that is causing them to pop out?
>  >
>  > I'd appreciate any and all thoughts from the membership...
>  >
>  > Mike Reed in Lake Odessa, Michigan
>  >
>  >
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