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Message: <blockquote data-quote="VhantaBlack98" data-source="post: 1589096" data-attributes="member: 38445">Been wrenching away on my 98 single port v6, replaced the head gaskets, reassembled everything and got her running pretty good again. Even managed to run her around a little to make sure my head gasket repair worked. But for the life of me, I couldn't get the coolant to get past the thermostat and back into the radiator, and couldn't get the radiator fan to kick on. Figured out I needed to bleed the cooling system of air. So I added some coolant to the bleeder valve by the thermostat and noticed coolant leaking out the back of the passenger bank cylinder head. Idiot before me used a rubber freeze plug. So now I'm at a loss of what I'm supposed to do. If i replace the plug with another rubber, it won't last long. If I replace it with a metal plug, I'll have to tear down and replace all those gaskets again. If I replace the cylinder heads, it'll set me back a lot of money. If I switch to split port top end, it'll also set me back a lot. Im just at a loss and in need of an UNBIASED opinion on what I should do. I've already decided I'm gonna keep her V6 for a good while at least. I'm not ready to swap in a V8, so please don't criticize me for this choice.</blockquote>