oil plug stripped/leaking

[rmousir]

Hey all,

I need to do a oil change and I am 100 % sure that when I pull the drain plug that it will be for the last time. I can see where it was put in cock eyed. It is screwed. So am I fubar? Do I need a new pan? anyone else have this problem? What can I do?

Let me know.
Thanks.

[Desaevious]

You could tap the drain plug hole and put a larger drain plug in there. A over sized or double over sized I think it was called. I'm not 100% on the process and I'm sure somebody will ring in, but it could be done but with extreme caution. When you do tap it though, use wheel bearing grease to hopefully take off most of the aluminum shavings (magnets won't work with our pans). Then hopefully the wheel bearing grease (sticky, sticky stuff) will have most of the shavings. Then I would put through a could quarters of oil then let it drain out. The viscous oil would allow whatever might be left to pour out with the oil because the drain plug is the lowest part of your pan. You do that because little shavings in your engine could amount to trouble. Like said, I don't know the exacts of the process but that is a general idea.

Or you could get a new pan.

[kishg]

there's a pan on sale for $80 in the parts section. but swapping the pan ain't cake either. i say re-tap.

[jlevie]

The easy fix for this is a Timesert. And it can be done w/o removing the pan.

[rmousir]

what is a timesert?

[romeomike]

Video intro to timeserts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP2Up_hG7rc

[!kid]

The easy fix for this is a Timesert. And it can be done w/o removing the pan.

i 2nd this

[E30Nova]

I had the same problem and bought an oversized drain plug from Autozone. Didn't do a damn thing.

I might try a timesert. Where can I buy one and what size would I need?

Matt