Stop in for a cup of coffee

When I rebuilt the engine in my truck, I knocked out the freeze plugs and the crap in the block was over half way up the plug. I had the block vatted, and I still had to stand the block “upside down” and flush it more with the pressure washer. Amazing how much crap was in there.
Me too. No wonder why the frost plugs were rotted at the bottom. Foundry sand. It didn't get shaken out.