As the title to the thread suggests, I appear to have a freeze plug leaking in the minivan. I smelled coolant when Joy returned from the store today. Upon investigation, it's certainly leaking, and seems to be coming from the one right behind and to the left of the distributor.
I've never experienced this before, and I'm wondering what the probability of success is in the replacement? Any particular parts to get or avoid? I'm assuming I should just attempt to turn it sideways with a punch and hammer, and then pull it out with some pliers? In stall the new one with a socket and a hammer?
Let me know what I'm in for. Will these just fail one after the next, or are they generally one and done? I did a pretty lengthy search using Google to scour the site, and I couldn't find much of anything regarding freeze plugs leaking.