what the hell is that!
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you guys are looking at it wrong (i did at first too) the hole isn't going towards the front of the motor. its going down. i just went and took a picture of my old shortblock for you guys. OP there should be a plug down in there
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It's definitely a factory thing. Everyone open up your How to rebuild small block Chevy LT1/LT4 engines book and look at the picture on page 137 (if the picture above is not enough proof). It ain't no secret hole put there by some yahoo with a drill.
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sorry about the confusion everyone i meant to put up more pics but got side tracked haha, since it is a plug and obviously appears to be leaking a bit, is there a place where i can buy the plug in question? thanks for the help btw, because i had no idea what was going on lol
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the head cover's half of the hole so there's no way the plug could back out, and if it was missing you'd be losing a lot more oil. just put new sealant on it if you're taking the heads off
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Na it cant be a plug.
looks to me like that would be the oil port to keep the rear of the intake/trans bellhousing/anything under it well lubricated. I beleive GM did this to cut down on rust in those areas.
looks to me like that would be the oil port to keep the rear of the intake/trans bellhousing/anything under it well lubricated. I beleive GM did this to cut down on rust in those areas.
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Al 95 Z28 engine is ready to drop in.