New Engine Freeze plug issue

[Durandal25]

Team,

So before I wrote this I looked at a lot of threads on freeze plug leaks, and really did not see a similar issue with a new engine so here it goes. I got the 440 in and am in the process of run testing it, but before too long noted a small leak on the driver side plug that sits 12 inches above the dip stick hole. Just a tiny leak, but no way to I want to pull the motor to fix it. GM tabs or stop leak? Once the leak stops, flush out the system?

 

[Durandal25]

.....going with the brown tab option....

 

[YY1]

You talking about "barr's"?

I wouldn't. Those pellets can clog the rad flues.

The ones that look like pepper (or actual pepper, for that matter) are OK for temporary...

You really should do it right, or at least put in a screw-tight rubber plug, although you'll probably have to change that frequently.

I just did the center pass side pan rail one, and now I get to do the drver pan rail and the one behind the starter.

Which one is 12" above the dipstick?

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...and flushing will likely dissolve the stop-leak.

 

[Durandal25]

You talking about "barr's"?

I wouldn't. Those pellets can clog the rad flues.

The ones that look like pepper (or actual pepper, for that matter) are OK for temporary...

You really should do it right, or at least put in a screw-tight rubber plug, although you'll probably have to change that frequently.

I just did the center pass side pan rail one, and now I get to do the drver pan rail and the one behind the starter.

Which one is 12" above the dipstick?

.....I guess that was a lame description of the location. Its the second one on the drivers side, and the most accessible, but the leak is tiny, and if I go knocking it out and plugging it, I'll probably make it way worse, but I used just one tab, pre-disolved, and it seems to have plugged it already.....we shall see.....

 

[YY1]

I had a bitch of a time getting the last one in.

Ended up putting it in the freezer overnight.

Even then, after about a dozen failed attempts, I was just about ready to go back in and start drinking, and I said "one more", and BAM- seated correctly with one hit!

Brass, brass, brass...

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BTW- I just learned that Jean "Moebius" Giraud passed away in 2012.

I've been researching his works and life, and wouldn't mind picking up either "The Airtight Garage", or the rest of the "Incal" pre/sequels if I could find a good deal.

I also got reacquainted with another old favorite from "Heavy Metal"- "The Bus".
Interestingly, "The Bus" pre-dated "The Far Side" by two years.

 

[Durandal25]

....dude, I had no idea he passed. The guy was a legend, and true fantasy wizard. Much of his work decorates my garage and Marine Corps foot locker.

 

[YY1]

Yea, his career started in '61, so he had a good run.

I actually rode those gm transit busses (and older ones) to and from 4th 5th and 6th grade (by myself in a city of 250,000...in the late '70's).

I had plenty of time to kill if I wanted to after school, so I'd stop in the downtown bookstore and peruse HM.

Those last two sentences explain a LOT of why my brain works the way it does!

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Moebius was the first introduction I had (barring Star Wars*) to a "future" that was not squeaky clean, where there was cracked pavement, litter, and where people carried pencils and knives. Interestingly, I believe he had a hand in the Mos Isley set design, and land speeder (also favorites), and did work on Alien and Blade Runner (again, faves), but I didn't know that until last month!

I bet that version of "Dune" he was working on with Jadorowski- and featuring a Pink Floyd soundtrack...would have been a trip, to say the least.

 

[Durandal25]

.....his imagination was fueled by post-war visions of his childhood and the nature by which he understood peoples perception of "fantasy", nudity and violence made his worlds and art hit chords most people never knew they had....

 

[YY1]

...and he liked to draw people with funny (often tall) hats.

I just realized that last week.

BTW, I have an extensive funny hat collection. Go figure.

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