Help... Can't get oil drain plug out!
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Help... Can't get oil drain plug out!
OK.... So I'm under the car with a 1/2" Socket and a 17mm hex driver, and the damn thing just won't come loose. It's only supposed to be at 31 ft-lbs, so It shouldn't be this hard to get it off. Lefty loosey, correct? What is the trick I'm missing?
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Rep Power: 0 Yeah my adivce is make sure you're turning the right way - I spent half an hour my first time (a couple moneths ago) only to find out I was twisting it the wrong way. And on top of that, I put so much force onto turning it, that my socket wrench slipped off the bolt and nailed me square in the forehead. I was walking around with a black eye for a week. It really sucked. Anyways, if I recall it's counter-clockwise. But just don't do what I did, and you should be fine.
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Rep Power: 424 Actually, once I got 2 hands on the socket wrench, I managed to get it loose. That was mostly because I couldn't find a bar or rod properly sized for the task, and I didn't want to bang it with a rubber mallet for fear of cracking the oil pan. All it took was a little muscle...
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anybody have any oil change horror stories?
i had to use a 3ft breaker bar to get my oil drain plug out that an oil change place had overtightened and rounded the edges off of...
i had to use a 3ft breaker bar to get my oil drain plug out that an oil change place had overtightened and rounded the edges off of...
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[hr]Originally posted by: 4drcivic2k1
anybody have any oil change horror stories?
i had to use a 3ft breaker bar to get my oil drain plug out that an oil change place had overtightened and rounded the edges off of...[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: 4drcivic2k1
anybody have any oil change horror stories?
i had to use a 3ft breaker bar to get my oil drain plug out that an oil change place had overtightened and rounded the edges off of...[hr]
Sheared it clean off. It wasn't even tight either, it just broke. Oh well, thank goodness for tungsten carbide drill bits and self tapping bolts. I'm back in business. 
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Rep Power: 0 Ha! I have a story... A tech put thread locker on the oil drain plug for some crazy reason and the next time my buddy decided to change the oil. He busted that bolt right off. $hitttty... Took it back to the place and they replaced it for free. Dang - threadlocker!!! WTF
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