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Old Apr 1, 2008, 04:06 PM
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my evo 8 threw a freeze plug

my evo 8 threw a freeze plug...what couldve made this happen...i was down shifting to third to get on the freeway than ill kinds of antifreeze shot at my window....what could of caused this???
Old Apr 1, 2008, 10:03 PM
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do you know what a freeze plug is?
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alot of pressure will cause that to happen
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wat would cause alot of pressure
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do some reading on a freeze plug to narrow it down
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You could have blown your head gasket for one to make it happen.
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Pressure could build up if ther was a block in the water jacket. Are you sure it is a freeze plug, that is very uncommon.
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When the 05's first came out posts like this where popping up all the time.

It's a known issue to some of them. check the TSBs
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yea its a freeze plug... and yes its an 05
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