# Freeze plug

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/freeze-plug/42337>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, lumina\
**Created:** [January 12, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/freeze-plug/42337 "2010-01-12T14:25:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![fifity50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fifity50](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fifity50)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/freeze-plug/42337/1 "2010-01-12T14:25:54Z")

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I have a freeze plug that is starting to leak, the plug is in a very hard to reach place is there any thing I can do to slow the leak RTV, JB Weld? until it warms up to fix it? :o)

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/freeze-plug/42337/2 "2010-01-12T14:59:09Z")

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Pour a teaspoon of black pepper into the coolant. That’ll stop the leak until the frost plug can be replaced.

Tester

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**Author:** ![fifity50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fifity50](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fifity50)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/freeze-plug/42337/3 "2010-01-12T15:27:29Z")

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roger I will do that