[22:03] <Ardonel> Yo!
[22:06] <tiwake> Ardonel finally talks
[22:07] <Ardonel> How is the weather up there tiwake ?
[22:07] <tiwake> cold
[22:07] <tiwake> the car I just got evidently did not have antifreeze in it, and froze solid
[22:08] <Ardonel> Uh-oh!
[22:08] <Ardonel> Not good at all.
[22:08] <tiwake> thawed it out and is leaking between the engine and transmission a lot, where I cant see
[22:13] <Ardonel> probably popped the rear freeze plugs
[22:13] <tiwake> freeze plugs?
[22:14] <tiwake> I know the engine has a bunch of plugs on the side generally, but is that what they are there for?
[22:14] <Ardonel> it is a plug in the motor block that allows freezing water a way to expand when it freezes without cracking the block...
[22:15] <tiwake> well I didnt notice any water in the oil
[22:15] <tiwake> but I didnt check the exhaust
[22:15] <Ardonel> they only allow access to the coolant system
[22:15] <tiwake> best case is that it just popped those plugs like you said
[22:16] <Ardonel> but if it is between the engine and transmission, you are looking at seperating them to replace them
[22:16] <tiwake> yeah
[22:17] <Ardonel> so it is most likely a complete motor removal...
[22:18] <Ardonel> What car/motor?
[22:18] <tiwake> ford taurus
[22:18] <tiwake> 2001
[22:19] <tiwake> the 150hp 3 liter engine
[22:19] <Ardonel> v6?
[22:19] <tiwake> yeah
[22:20] <tiwake> the vulcan engine
[22:21] <tiwake> (evidently the taurus was shipped with two different 3 liter engines)
[22:21] <tiwake> the vulcan 3 liter has 150hp, the duratec has 200hp... the 200hp one is less reliable