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1. [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:20:26 -0600
--==6749423934429951584== --000000000000dbfde605b8df7a11 This is mostly theory. One of my staff wants to stick a frost heater in his car--it's a Kia with a 3.3L engine (though I don't think that matt
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00070.html (13,549 bytes)

2. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Donald H Locker <dhlocker@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:35:09 -0500
I would look for a threaded plug into the coolant jacket in a shop manual. I remember planning to buy a block heater for my wife's Scion and the instructions actually had a drawing of where the plug
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00071.html (16,580 bytes)

3. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Pat Horne <patintexas@icloud.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:36:59 -0600
Call the Kia dealer. They should know. Peace, Pat Pat Horne We support Habitat for Humanity  This is mostly theory. One of my staff wants to stick a frost heater in his car--it's a Kia with a 3.3L
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00072.html (12,591 bytes)

4. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Donald H Locker <dhlocker@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:38:27 -0500
This link has an extensive list of heaters and locations: https://cdn.website.thryv.com/8c0139bc430e489cb98d24f13d5a80b2/files/uploaded/Kats%202017%5B1%5D.pdf HTH, Donald. -- [snip] _________________
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00073.html (14,049 bytes)

5. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:41:12 -0600
--==5377333126890382345== --00000000000027061605b8dfc56c That's exactly what the instructions say--right rear of the engine. So you're thinking "plug" doesn't mean a freeze or expansion plug but rath
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00074.html (19,377 bytes)

6. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:45:03 -0600
--==6526236082432781742== --000000000000f18cec05b8dfd245 Yup, that's the thing I'm looking at. I guess I need to look for a threaded port on the right rear of the engine, not a freeze plug. --0000000
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00075.html (13,516 bytes)

7. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: John Innis <jdinnis@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:46:26 -0600
--==3397678444029745368== --000000000000645c4705b8dfd6ab There are different styles of those heaters. Some intended to install in a freeze plug, some intended for go in a radiator hose, and some inte
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00076.html (19,109 bytes)

8. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Thomas Coradeschi <tjcora@icloud.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:48:45 -0500
Scott - there may be a drain plug which is to be removed and replaced with the heater element. My Boxster has one and I think the V6 in my old Passat had two... Tom Coradeschi tjcora@icloud.com _____
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00077.html (13,948 bytes)

9. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Phil Ethier <pethier7@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:51:15 -0600
You need to see the part of itself and not just the paperwork. Has anyone ever actually seen a freeze plug save an engine block? Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Sh
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00078.html (13,748 bytes)

10. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:52:47 -0600
--==0397135684841441256== --0000000000008deda105b8dfeec0 It's definitely threaded and it's not the kind that goes into a radiator line or the ones that just fit dry into a port on the block--this thi
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00079.html (21,877 bytes)

11. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:55:11 -0600
--==2127009010775949131== --0000000000001a563c05b8dff7d8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm looking at the thing now. It's this thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DoeJ7wPHaFZ0 I gue
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00080.html (20,497 bytes)

12. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Donald H Locker <dhlocker@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:55:58 -0500
I must admit that it all looked good when I found their chart but the more I looked, the less it made sense. Sorry. Now I'm not sure it's really as useful as it seemed. But, I still think you'll be l
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00081.html (15,876 bytes)

13. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:01:20 -0600
--==3131605533054979813== --0000000000002a73d005b8e00dc3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable And I think the real purpose of a freeze plug is to leak and lead to impromptu coolant changes. I'
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00082.html (20,134 bytes)

14. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Damon Bottorff <bottorff25@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:05:07 +0000 (UTC)
--==4440358882310443882== boundary="--=_Part_2063268_709728984.1610647507615" --=_Part_2063268_709728984.1610647507615 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Most engines have a threaded coolant
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00083.html (24,768 bytes)

15. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: John Innis <jdinnis@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:24:18 -0600
--==8847201393641433058== --000000000000dfd4f005b8e05d45 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We had a freeze plug do it's job. This was on a 4-cyl MerCruiser I/O block, 1980's vintage, which
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00084.html (22,685 bytes)

16. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 13:09:59 -0600
The purpose of the freeze plug is to get the core out of the casting, and create the water jacket. They are not intended to prevent damage from freezing , at least on any modern engine. ____________
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00085.html (10,431 bytes)

17. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Thomas Coradeschi <tjcora@icloud.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:04:48 -0500
Yes. 68 Plymouth w/ a 383 circa 1978 or so. Pain in the ass to replace them all. Tom Coradeschi tjcora@icloud.com _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Donate: http
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00086.html (14,629 bytes)

18. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Robert Nogueirao <nogera@icloud.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 08:48:10 -0600
â??Freeze Plugsâ?? are not intended to save an engine if frozen. They are a result of needing to get the casting sand out of the block after the casting process. They could be a treaded fitting or ev
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00087.html (14,727 bytes)

19. Re: [Shop-talk] Frost heater/freeze plug (score: 1)
Author: Mark Miller <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:21:42 -0800
I looked up kia block heater and found that they also sell press in (not screw in) block heaters such as: https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/KAT11401?cid=paidsearch_shopping_dcoe_google& or https://shop
/html/shop-talk/2021-01/msg00088.html (13,010 bytes)

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