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Originally posted by Rick Parker
This is pretty ticklish attempting to do it on an assembled engine. One missed chip or shaving from threading and you run the chance of damaging a crank journal, or lifter bore. I'd be inclined to attempt to seal the leaking plug by replacing it only and modify for threaded plugs next time it's out of the car and apart.
Just my 2 cents.
Rick
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I knew I'd get disagreement on this when I posted, and I fully agree that it's "pretty ticklish" to do it on an assembled engine; however, sometimes you've got to do one of these ticklish jobs. It's up to the car's owner to decide when an improvement such as this is needed now, not later. It's also helpful for everyone reading a thread such as this to see that there are differing opinions on such a fix; the "nays" point out that a fix such as this is indeed a delicate operation.
Mike, the
oil pressure is equal throughout the block; installing a pipe plug in one hole isn't going to put any more pressure on the other press-in type plugs.