Is it just me? Or is a DYWFWYP Auto Parts store in our future??

[cpf240]

My family and I made a long drive to visit relatives in my '84 Blazer. The Blazer started to run hot as we arrived. Turns out it has a weeping freeze plug. To 'make do' until all the freeze plugs could be changed, we decided to use a radiator cap with a lower pressure rating.

We wound up going to 3 different auto parts stores before we found one with an old hand behind the counter who knew how to find a radiator cap that would fit and had a lower pressure rating. At all 3 stores, the young guns behind the counter either couldn't understand what we wanted, or had no idea how to find a part that wasn't in their computer for that year/make/model vehicle. It may have also helped that the final store was a Mom & Pop, and not a chain.

I hate to admit it, but I still haven't gotten around to changing those freeze plugs...

[SeaSlugs]

Originally Posted by cpf240

My family and I made a long drive to visit relatives in my '84 Blazer. The Blazer started to run hot as we arrived. Turns out it has a weeping freeze plug. To 'make do' until all the freeze plugs could be changed, we decided to use a radiator cap with a lower pressure rating.

We wound up going to 3 different auto parts stores before we found one with an old hand behind the counter who knew how to find a radiator cap that would fit and had a lower pressure rating. At all 3 stores, the young guns behind the counter either couldn't understand what we wanted, or had no idea how to find a part that wasn't in their computer for that year/make/model vehicle. It may have also helped that the final store was a Mom & Pop, and not a chain.

I hate to admit it, but I still haven't gotten around to changing those freeze plugs...

my s10 has been doing the same thing - been like that for over 120K miles...just drilled 2 holes in the inner pressure side of the radiator cap so its a non pressurized system. no overheats runs great no leaks....

[30 Tudor]

Originally Posted by cpf240

Turns out it has a weeping freeze plug. To 'make do' until all the freeze plugs could be changed, we decided to use a radiator cap with a lower pressure rating.



I hate to admit it, but I still haven't gotten around to changing those freeze plugs...

A great trick for the road is cayenne pepper, I always carry it on a trip.
Once a fan in a radiator along an interstate, folded over tubes, cayenne,
no leak for years,,no joke. leaking plugs on a Chrysler on back of block,
next to trans, stupid place for a casting plug,, cayenne pepper, no leak.
Pencil sized hole in center tube on radiator, can't reach it, cayenne, no leak, still there after 4 years, drive to Tucson and beyond, no problem.
It will flush out without clogging things up.
Tip# 4729-3

WARNING! It looks nasty