That does help. However, I must have glanced right over the fact that this was an OHV engine. You do have freeze plugs in the block and cylinder heads so I would start with trying to access the side of the head to see if it is coming from there. If not the transmission needs to come out in order to find it repair it.
However, with that amount of water that is more then likely a freeze plug. Were you running just water in the engine over the winter? Antifreeze would have prevented this unless you are in the arctic so if you have coolant in the engine then I would think the mixture is off for it to freeze and push this plug out.
There is a rare occurrence when the block corrodes and they start to leak which is clearly a much more serious issue.
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Friday, May 7th, 2021 AT 6:49 PM