Subject: Re: Fumoto oil drain valve

[Kneale Brownson]

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Most of the Fumoto fans are, like me, driving second-, third- and even
fourth-hand cars that are 10 or more years old and have had a bunch of
different people taking the drainplugs out, some by hand, some by
chattergun.  My 5ktq with nearly 200K miles has about two threads left on
the pan to hold in the drain plug, which always leaked until I put in the
Fumoto.  My 200q20v, with 180K miles, looked like it had three thread
patterns (obviously previously crossthreaded steel plug in alloy pan) in
it.  I couldn't wait to get the Fumoto in there.  It does weep around the
threads, but at least it doesn't drip.



At 03:27 PM 11/05/2001 +0000, Christopher Ritchie wrote:

>>>That easy to unscrew plug quite often ain't.  Instead it would seize and
>>>be
>>>extremely resistant to remove - read round off the head difficult to
>>>remove.  BTDT,  The Fumoto drain valve makes a lot of sense.  One has been
>>>in my S6 with absolutely no problems over several years.
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>>My 200 has an apparently semi-rare "innie" allen wrench oil plug.
>>Trust me, no danger of ever stripping that sucker.
>>
>>However, I agree..they can get royally stuck in there. I once had to
>>use a 3 foot breaker bar to get mine loose.  I promptly smashed my
>>knuckles into the driveway when it gave.  Owwwww.
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>Not trying to start an argument.  Obviously if you've had experiences, I'm
>not going to question them.
>
>But I can't see how oil pan plugs could be difficult after the first time
>you remove them.  It doesn't stay in there long - I assume you change your
>oil more than twice a year.  There's lots of oil in and around the threads,
>so it's not going to rust in there.  Even if a gorilla final torqued it with
>a breaker bar after cross threading it, you've got to repair it anyway for
>the Fumoto.
>
>Leaking and stripped threads I understand.
>
>Not questioning your experiences.  Just trying to understand.  Because I
>don't understand, and that means it's going to happen to me someday.
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