01-12-2011, 08:11 PM
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radiator plug broke!
I noticed I was leaking coolant from the radiator plug, so I go to replace it and find it's half broken, so I can't get it out (it's the plastic kind you screw in by hand). How can I go about removing it? I was thinking about making two slots with a dremel tool deep enough to take out with a phillips screwdriver. Anyone have a better solution?
I don't understand why anyone would make these stupid plugs out of plastic... 
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01-12-2011, 09:09 PM
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As for removing it, go buy an easy out.
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01-16-2011, 10:49 PM
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haha, I meant why plastic and not some other composite that doesn't break so easily, though I suppose a properly insulated metal plug would work just fine.
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01-16-2011, 11:52 PM
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If you think plastic sucks when it breaks off just wait until you break off a bolt in there.
 Besides, if you've got to tighten it so much that breakage is a common problem you're overtightening it.
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