stripped oil pan bolt
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Staging Lane
Joined: Dec 2011
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From: Boynton Beach, FL
stripped oil pan bolt ok so i was at my buddies house and we are changing oil on his camaro he goes to put bolt back in tighten up and it gets tight and then just turns freely no threads left in pan can i put a time sert in the pan or does it have to be replaced and if so easiest quickest way to do it ourselves
It should be ok as long as its nor on the corners. I have a h3 pan on my iron block 5.3 and the block isnt drilled for one hole on each side but the pan is. No leaking yet so, if your worried tho drill it and retap it.
I would suggest you look into a Shaw plug: http://www.shawplugs.com/?gclid=CJyW...FScRNAodzlcxlQ
Hey! I was in Delray the other day!
Hey! I was in Delray the other day!
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From: Marengo, Ia
I would try to find something like the shaw plugs listed above, or even make your own as a short term solution if you need the car on the road asap. Then on your next free day pull the pan and drill and tap it for the next size larger plug. I was getting my oil changed the other day on my winter beater, (I had won a gift card as a door prize at a car show so I can still saw I've NEVER paid a shop for an oil change.) and heard then telling a woman over the phone that when they took out her oil pug it was barely holding and the last place that change her oil stripped it, and the only thing they could do was order her a new $350 oil pan. I just thought wow what a scam unless your pan has been re-taped like 3 times then there is almost always larger size plug to go to, heck I'd put a 1/2" or 3/4"pipe plug in an aluminum pan and not worry about it leaking.
Dorman has a bunch of plugs that might do you well. Go to the Dorman home page at http://www.dormanproducts.com/ and put the following numbers (one at a time, of course) and see which one works for you.
65240, 65201, 65102, 65109, 090-080.1, 090-180.1 and 365240.1
The first two appear to be "normally stocked" at Pep Boys.
65240, 65201, 65102, 65109, 090-080.1, 090-180.1 and 365240.1
The first two appear to be "normally stocked" at Pep Boys.
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Self tapping oversized plugs work-for a while. They don't make much of a thread and after a few removal/re-installations, usually strip again. And they leave some cutting chips inside the pan.
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I work at a dealership and you'd be surprised how often hercules gets his damn hands on a drain plug and strips the hell out of it, go to napa, get a "spark plug rethreading kit" should work. Tap it, put the new threads in, and buy yourself a drain plug + gasket that will work with that particularly thread pitch. Quickest, easiest, most effective, and most reliable fix for the problem, hope it works for ya!
Again guys, tapping new threads or using a self-tapping over sized bolt will introduce thread cutting chips into the pan. As the pan is aluminum, a magnet will not remove the chips.
Do you really want chips floating around in your engine's oil?
Do you really want chips floating around in your engine's oil?
Put grease on the end of the drain plug when you first use the over sized self tapping plug. It will collect the chips and shavings. back it back out. clean the plug and you are good to go.
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From: Turnin' Wrenches Infractions: 005
Had this happen on an aluminum pan on a neon before and I bought an over-sized plug from the auto parts store and it worked very well. Never had an issue with it after that.
This^ justy clean the threads of oil with a small rag and a screwdriver then grease the whole new oversize plug well and begin tapping. the grease will catch all the shavings afterwards just clean the threads again and reinstall the plug.
