MrPM
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Hello everybody,
I had coolant stains on the right side of the engine and assumed a blown head gasket.
This did not turn out to be the case as I found a pinhole in one of the freeze plugs. The picture shows it already bigger than it was as I poked through it while cleaning it with a pick.
Seems like this was already like this for a while as a ‘rusty bulge’ developped on the head.
The gasket and everything else looks “brand new”. My suspicion is that during an overhaul (indicated on engine) everything was serviced except that one freeze plugs.
It is while taking care of this that I noticed three holes in the head that were plugged with (what I assumec) mud dauber dirt….
Without second thought I cleared the holes. However when I moved to the second head, the same holes are plugged!!
I do not see anything about these holes in the manual I have. There are no matching holes in the headgasket either. My question is now:”Did i mess up the head? Can/should I replug these holes? How? Do I leave them open and have the gasket work it’s magic?
Thanks in advance for the help.
I had coolant stains on the right side of the engine and assumed a blown head gasket.
This did not turn out to be the case as I found a pinhole in one of the freeze plugs. The picture shows it already bigger than it was as I poked through it while cleaning it with a pick.
Seems like this was already like this for a while as a ‘rusty bulge’ developped on the head.
The gasket and everything else looks “brand new”. My suspicion is that during an overhaul (indicated on engine) everything was serviced except that one freeze plugs.
It is while taking care of this that I noticed three holes in the head that were plugged with (what I assumec) mud dauber dirt….
Without second thought I cleared the holes. However when I moved to the second head, the same holes are plugged!!
I do not see anything about these holes in the manual I have. There are no matching holes in the headgasket either. My question is now:”Did i mess up the head? Can/should I replug these holes? How? Do I leave them open and have the gasket work it’s magic?
Thanks in advance for the help.
