Stripped oil drain plug!!!!
01-12-2007, 12:02 AM
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Stripped oil drain plug!!!! Apparently when i let my little brother change the oil unsupervised, he stripped out the threads for the oil drain bolt. Is it hard to replace just the threads, or do i have to replace that whole freakin housing? AAAAAHHHHH!
01-12-2007, 12:12 AM
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dont worry. Drain pan > drain plug. Go out and buy a new drain plug. $3 at stealership. Worst case is you'll have to rethread the drain pan, but I highly doubt that.
and make sure you get a new plug gasket or that sucker is going to leak.
and make sure you get a new plug gasket or that sucker is going to leak.
01-12-2007, 06:57 AM
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Helicoil should work if the pan threads are stripped. Easier than replacing the whole pan. 
01-12-2007, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by sp00rkz
dont worry. Drain pan > drain plug. Go out and buy a new drain plug. $3 at stealership. Worst case is you'll have to rethread the drain pan, but I highly doubt that.
and make sure you get a new plug gasket or that sucker is going to leak.
and make sure you get a new plug gasket or that sucker is going to leak.
