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my evo 8 threw a freeze plug

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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???
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 10:03 PM
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do you know what a freeze plug is?
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 10:10 PM
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alot of pressure will cause that to happen
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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wat would cause alot of pressure
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 10:49 PM
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do some reading on a freeze plug to narrow it down
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 11:32 PM
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You could have blown your head gasket for one to make it happen.
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 11:43 PM
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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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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 11:46 PM
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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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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 11:17 PM
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yea its a freeze plug... and yes its an 05
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