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Originally Posted by catback
they are supposed to protect the block from cracking if the coolant freezes but they usually are so rusted in that the block cracks anyway...The hole is there for the casting process but the plug is for the freeze protection as well as to plug the hole.
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The plug is only there to plug the hole. I've never seen a block, even a clean one, freeze out the plugs instead of cracking.