09-03-2021, 01:22 PM
(07-03-2021, 06:46 PM)AustinWood Wrote: That's only the 3rd core plug in 50 years. and only the 2nd time this car has stopped on me in 30,000 miles.Some time ago I read the information that the core plug holes were only there to let the sand out at casting stage. Thus if there is a leak just use JB weld to cover over.....no more rust!........did this on very inaccessible back of my Scimitar V6 block that would have otherwise meant engine out.
Must change the other plugs now. The one that failed had rusted through.
Dennis