frost plug installation

[73-charger-383]

Hi,
I FINALLY got the motor mounts on, the radiator in,  the tranny plumbed and everything ready to go.  I started to fill the radiator and noticed water leaking out of my the motor mount on the drivers side.  There's a plug right behind the mount that looks like it's got a hole punched through it, and that where the waters coming from.........Is this a frost plug??  Is there any way to fix it without having to pull the engine back out??  ---  help me please................

[rt green]

could be a frost plug, could be a crack from the motor ears having been stressed. hopefully its just a frost plug. did you put in new ones? did you install it correctly?  the best way would be to pull it out and do a complete inspection.       bruce     

[73-charger-383]

i didn't put in new ones, and i haven't really checked all that close, but i'm pretty sure it the plug.  how big of a pain in the butt is it to do in - car?   Could i put one of those "expandable" block heater thingys in??

[Plumcrazy]

i didn't put in new ones, and i haven't really checked all that close, but i'm pretty sure it the plug.  how big of a pain in the butt is it to do in - car?   Could i put one of those "expandable" block heater thingys in??

How much of a pain it is to change a core plug depends on where it is.  Some are much harder than others to do. You're just going to have to remove whatever is in the way so you have enough room to drive a new plug in.    I'd avoid an expandable pug it it were mine though.