Oil drain plug leaking
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Remove your oil fill cap and put a shop-vac over the fill tube. Turn the vacuum on and then remove the drain plug. You will hear all kinds of gurgling noises but the oil will not drain out. You also won't suck any oil into the vacuum cleaner. Works like a champ! Nope, you will still spill a little bit that way. 
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I like it.
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Still a little lost on this one. I get that the Fumoto makes oil changes easier...but how does it address a leak?
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Because you permanently seal it when you install it, and it never has to be removed again. Not just a crush washer or a felt gasket, but put RTV on the last bit of threads before it's tightened down and insta-presto no more leak. In your case it has nothing to do with making oil changes easier, and everything to do with permanently installing something that doesn't leak into the hole that is leaking.
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^right^ The thing I don't like about them is it takes me 1 minute+- every 6+- months to remove my plug and I never drop it but it takes 5+- minutes more to drain with the levered plug, so you can't pay me to use one. If I ruined my threads by over tightening I would gladly use one. Those plugs don't need to be tight at all, I just give mine a little push on the wrench and that's it.
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If you open up the oil filler it doesn't take that long to dump the oil using a Fumoto. I have them on all 3 of my rigs and it's a no-brainer for me. The more you un-screw a plug over time, the more chance it will leak. Once you add the Fumoto, no more leaks, turn the lever and ler her drain. Plus, I don't have to worry about where I put the plug or it falling into the depths of spiderhood 100 feet from where I'm working. Suit yourself.
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I have heard alot of folks worry about that but never heard of it happening. Maybe it has, but it must be one in a million. Even if it was hit on a rock doing brodies, it would probably just bend and not break. But again, I haven't seen or heard of one doing that in all the years I've used one; never seen one on this site confirmed. So carry your plug in your tool box just in case.
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Because you permanently seal it when you install it, and it never has to be removed again. Not just a crush washer or a felt gasket, but put RTV on the last bit of threads before it's tightened down and insta-presto no more leak. In your case it has nothing to do with making oil changes easier, and everything to do with permanently installing something that doesn't leak into the hole that is leaking.
Same - not that I ever go off road but it does seem to be somewhat of a hazard the one time you have to clear a ditch, etc. There is a small dent in my oil pan - no idea how it got there - but obviously something that tall has been under my truck.
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If you open up the oil filler it doesn't take that long to dump the oil using a Fumoto. I have them on all 3 of my rigs and it's a no-brainer for me. The more you un-screw a plug over time, the more chance it will leak. Once you add the Fumoto, no more leaks, turn the lever and ler her drain. Plus, I don't have to worry about where I put the plug or it falling into the depths of spiderhood 100 feet from where I'm working. Suit yourself.
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Ok makes sense now. Fumoto it is I guess. Am I safe to assume I have a cross threaded thread that caused this? I did look today and I can just BARELY feel/see some residue seeping from the washer. Barely.
Same - not that I ever go off road but it does seem to be somewhat of a hazard the one time you have to clear a ditch, etc. There is a small dent in my oil pan - no idea how it got there - but obviously something that tall has been under my truck.
Same - not that I ever go off road but it does seem to be somewhat of a hazard the one time you have to clear a ditch, etc. There is a small dent in my oil pan - no idea how it got there - but obviously something that tall has been under my truck.
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