Hi, I run a escort mk4 with a 1600 diesel engine in it, how do i replace a core plug, have taken rad out and can see it east enough, but it looks a tight fit, it has leaked for a year so i covered iot in fibreglss and that has just failed,I have a core plug and being 61 years old not changed one since i was 18 so forgot how it is done. Thanks

 

hi id try getting something like a small socket set extention bar( 3/8th say )and hold it in the botton of the core plug and give it a hit with a hammer,it should spin round and then pull it out with a pair of grips ,clean everything up and then using a large socket the same size as the core plug ,tap it in place ,that should do it.

 

Hi, thanks I will give it a go, do I have to stick it in with sealer or just knock it in , Thanks

 

Just knoked the old one out, pretty easy., now to try to get the new one in