[Vwdiesel] Grumpy starting (was How old is everyone?)

[Erik Lane]

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Tad <tadc at europa.com> wrote:

> Not sure since I've never actually installed one, but that's 'the word on
> the street', so to speak.
>
> I think it basically boils down to nowhere to put the damn thing. :)
>  Someone else will probably pipe up with a better explanation.
>
>
> Yup, Brian Gochnauer also let me know that that was the case. Without frost
plug holes to put them in it would be pretty hard to install one of those.
Hadn't even occurred to me that it wouldn't even have the plugs. I drove one
for 6 months, maybe a year, but the darn thing ran so well that I only
looked at the engine for fun and never noticed the plugs missing.

That said, I've yet to see a frost plug protect an engine and only had
problems with them failing at bad times. One rusted through while we were on
vacation. It was my Grandpa's 360 dodge motorhome engine and it was a plug
between the engine and tranny, under the bellhousing. Had to drop the tranny
there beside a lake and replace it. No fun at all!!

Thanks,
Erik