 Galley plugs, How often do they really fail? |
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| Porschef |
 Sep 21 2011, 04:34 PM
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How you doin'  Group: Members Posts: 2,180 Joined: 7-September 10 From: LawnGuyland Member No.: 12,152 Region Association: North East States 
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What kind of reliability is had with the factory plugs? I'm sure it's spectacular when they fail, but is it really that often? Is replacing them with threaded plugs just going to let me sleep better or is there more to it?
Any response is appreciated. Thanks, Joe |
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| ThinAir |
Sep 22 2011, 09:23 AM
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Best friends Group: Members Posts: 2,569 Joined: 4-February 03 From: Flagstaff, AZ Member No.: 231 Region Association: Southwest Region
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I had one fail and because I thought it was "just a gauge problem" I didn't believe the oil light and ended up with an engine overhaul. Mine failed on the coldest morning of that winter when the oil was thickest because the engine wasn't warmed up yet.
If you are doing an engine overhaul then replacing them with threaded plugs is something you should do - no question about it. If you can tell that you have a leak from one of the freeze plugs then you are living on borrowed time and need to do it soon. I understand that it can be done without tearing down the engine, but great care has to be taken to avoid metal shavings in the oil galleys. |
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porscheless Galley plugs Sep 21 2011, 04:34 PM
Cap'n Krusty Not often at all, but the cost of failure is high. Sep 21 2011, 05:53 PM Dave_Darling I had one pop on my old 1.8, first cold start on a... Sep 22 2011, 02:57 PM Rand My last 914 dropped a plug on the garage floor in ... Sep 22 2011, 03:04 PM ppetion It is weird how they all happen when it's cold Sep 22 2011, 03:25 PM Rand Makes sense to me that it happens more often when ... Sep 22 2011, 03:55 PM
SirAndy The strange thing about mine is it wasn't runn... Sep 22 2011, 04:40 PM HAM Inc The plugs are made of aluminum.
On our race cases ... Sep 22 2011, 05:44 PM Jake Raby Lose an engine to a loose galley plug and you... Sep 22 2011, 06:12 PM porscheless
Lose an engine to a loose galley plug and you... Sep 22 2011, 06:30 PM Scarlet75
Lose an engine to a loose galley plug and you... Sep 22 2011, 06:42 PM '73-914kid When I bought my car, the original engine had what... Sep 22 2011, 06:57 PM Dave_Darling
When I bought my car, the original engine had wha... Sep 23 2011, 06:35 PM Jake Raby Anything other than removing plugs, cleaning the g... Sep 22 2011, 07:21 PM slu234 Galley plugs, How often do they really fail?
Jus... Sep 23 2011, 09:18 AM r_towle Given that we are talking about two different mate... Sep 23 2011, 09:34 AM HAM Inc
The galley plugs are aluminum. Sep 23 2011, 11:20 AM r_towle
The galley plugs are aluminum.
how many differ... Sep 23 2011, 12:29 PM porscheless Ok, it's a moot point now. They're out fro... Sep 23 2011, 12:39 PM HAM Inc
As far as I know there is only one "type... Sep 23 2011, 01:51 PM r_towle
As far as I know there is only one "type... Sep 23 2011, 02:00 PM Jake Raby
As far as I know there is only one "type... Sep 24 2011, 05:18 AM HAM Inc
I couldn't agree more. Rather than fret abou... Sep 23 2011, 02:47 PM porscheless All 5 plugs are now out. I can honestly say that t... Sep 23 2011, 05:04 PM HAM Inc
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After 23 years of welding aluminum I do k... Sep 24 2011, 06:57 AM |
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