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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: MOCAJ on October 09, 2010, 07:07:27 PM

Title: 2.2 crd core plug
Post by: MOCAJ on October 09, 2010, 07:07:27 PM

not for a jeep obviously, my mates pt cruiser  :icon_winkle:

how do you replace a core plug, what tools are needed ?

Title: Re: 2.2 crd core plug
Post by: Bubba on October 09, 2010, 07:41:31 PM

dunno bout the rest of you but asuming you can get to it  i use after cleaning the edges of the block a bead of red hermatite on the new plug and gently tap them in using a hammer and an undersize socket to avoid damging the new plug

Title: Re: 2.2 crd core plug
Post by: MOCAJ on October 09, 2010, 07:45:08 PM

and for getting it out ?

Title: Re: 2.2 crd core plug
Post by: MOCAJ on October 09, 2010, 07:45:53 PM

is it just the hammer ?

Title: Re: 2.2 crd core plug
Post by: Bubba on October 09, 2010, 07:50:11 PM

some use just a hammer but i like to use the socket to drift it in square without damage to the edges

Title: Re: 2.2 crd core plug
Post by: Panic mechanic! on October 09, 2010, 08:11:37 PM

from what I remember being about them I always thought you used a punch  and hit the centre of the plug to hold it in place as the centre of it is convex , so when you hit it it expands and holds itself into place.

Title: Re: 2.2 crd core plug
Post by: sprintagogo on October 10, 2010, 04:47:55 AM

Quote from: my other cars a jeep on October 09, 2010, 07:45:08 PM

and for getting it out ?

All the ones I have done I have just tapped the plug off centre and they either spin part in and part out or push all the way in so you can fish it out. I have only lost one into the water jacket and I used that engine for another 100+k with no problems.