cant get oil plug out
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From: THEHAUTE
cant get oil plug out
yeah pretty self explanatory i cant get it out
i have turned it to change my oil i have turned it at least 100times its going no where or getn loose
what do i do?
i have turned it to change my oil i have turned it at least 100times its going no where or getn loose
what do i do?
More Turbo
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It was tightened too much the last time it was installed, so now the threads are stripped out... You can try applying some downward pressure on it, such as attaching a pair of vice grips and turning it CCW while pulling down, and see if the threads grab...
Hopefully the threads on the bolt stripped out, and not the pan...
Hopefully the threads on the bolt stripped out, and not the pan...
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From: Sand Lake, MI
You're saying it spins but does not come out?
If so its striped, try clamping vise grips on it and pull hard while you turn it.
Pry on the vise grips with a flat bar if you have to to get it to bite some threads and back out of the hole.
Then hope the plug is the "bad" part once you get it out.
If not you should be able to helicoil (doubt I spelled that right) the hole for some new threads easy enough.
Dump some clean fuel oil down through the motor and right out the drain to flush any shavings out if you have to go that route.
If so its striped, try clamping vise grips on it and pull hard while you turn it.
Pry on the vise grips with a flat bar if you have to to get it to bite some threads and back out of the hole.
Then hope the plug is the "bad" part once you get it out.
If not you should be able to helicoil (doubt I spelled that right) the hole for some new threads easy enough.
Dump some clean fuel oil down through the motor and right out the drain to flush any shavings out if you have to go that route.
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From: Bonita Springs FL
Metal threads floating around in your oil pan are obviously not a good thing. Hopefully your oil tube pickup screen will catch them because if they get into your motor it's probably hosed.
They sell self-tapping oil pan drain plugs. I would go that route and make DARN sure I got all the shavings out. I might even go as far as to remove the pan and do it out of the truck. Overkill, probably, but shavings are lethal to a motor.
They sell self-tapping oil pan drain plugs. I would go that route and make DARN sure I got all the shavings out. I might even go as far as to remove the pan and do it out of the truck. Overkill, probably, but shavings are lethal to a motor.
