*HOW TO* Remove core plugs

Might not be of any use to any one, but i didnt have a clue how to get them out lol

How to remove core plugs, this is on a xe/let engine
you will need

hammer
cold chisel
mole grips
small flat blade screwdriver

One core plug

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/a..._let/004-6.jpg

Hit a x in the core plug to it free the plug in the hole

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/a..._let/006-4.jpg

Hit the core plug with a chisel and hammer (hit the top of the core plug rim/top, not in inside as it will just punch a whole in it)

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/a..._let/007-6.jpg

it should roll around like so

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/a..._let/008-7.jpg

connect a set of mole grips and pull

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/a..._let/009-4.jpg

jobs a goodun

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/a..._let/010-5.jpg

hope i done it right lol

That's how i've done it.

looking at that your gonna fit new anyway if so why not just run an 8th drill threw it tighten a speedbolt into it and pull the speedbolt with eather a claw hammer or some sort of puller/ slide hammer.
altho after writing this ive deceded that it might just be easyer todo it your way lol.

how do you refit them and ensure a tight seal though?

^ was gonna ask the same

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Originally Posted by Rickyb

looking at that your gonna fit new anyway if so why not just run an 8th drill threw it tighten a speedbolt into it and pull the speedbolt with eather a claw hammer or some sort of puller/ slide hammer.
altho after writing this ive deceded that it might just be easyer todo it your way lol.

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There is no screw that would have enough bot to be able to pull the plug out :thumb:

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Originally Posted by shed-on-wheels

how do you refit them and ensure a tight seal though?

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They are slightly tapered, just clean the whole up and knock them in. I did you some sealant stuff that locktight made just to be safe :thumb:

Sealant is deffo a good idea, Then just get a socket that fits inside the core plug (big as poss), and then just tap it in.

i did this....
Knocked a + shape in centre,got a crap +screwdriver to indent the centre,then blasted it with a centre punch,removed then to fit....
Clean up with emery paper,then blue seal the new core plug then press by hand into the hole.Tap in a + shape(ie top,bottom,left,right around it,NOT in the face of it!) with a mallet then fit a 24/28mm impact socket over it (ie to mate with the diameter face) and hit it home with a hammer til its flush with the face of the block.Done.

thanks guys much help :)

do these need replacing on engines???

If your going to all the effort of having a completely bare block, it makes sense to do them for the price of them.

didnt need to go through the effort in my sr lol floored it temp went through the roof turned it off put water in to check where it had come from and realised a core plug had vanished good job i was on mhy street eh lol