In your racecar, a cracked block from frozen coolants in the winter isn't usually the problem. Leaking freeze plugs that dump coolant on the track, however, is. If you have a freeze plug work its way ...

Dear Tom and Ray: My wife and I own a 1996 Ford Explorer with 101,000 miles on it. We found out yesterday that the freeze plugs are corroded, on both sides and the back side of the block. We do not ...

During our el-cheapo engine buildup last month, we ran across many engine-building tips that aren't new but haven't been mentioned in quite awhile. One of those is installing freeze plugs in an engine ...