[s-cars] Help!! Evil drain plug will NOT come out

[Gabriel Caldwell]

I had to use heat the first time I tried to get my plug off, and I
almost destroyed it too.  I subsequently replaced it with a new one and
have had no problems since.

Gabriel Caldwell

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Myers [mailto:robert at s-cars.org] 
Sent: January 15, 2005 7:32 PM
To: Edward; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Help!! Evil drain plug will NOT come out


BFPW - a large pipe wrench.  Be sure the Fumoto valve is the right 
one.  You need something like a 22 mm thread on it.  It's the largest 
diameter thread they make for the valves.

At 09:32 PM 1/15/2005 -0500, Edward wrote:

>I just spent 4 hours trying to get the oil drain plug out... hoping
>there's some list wisdom on this one.  It will not BUDGE.  Ironically,
>I was trying to install my shiny new Fumoto valve.
>
>So the plug wasn't rounded when I started, but it was TIGHT.  In
>trying to lever onto it with ridiculous force it slipped off the bolt
>a couple times.  Eventually it wouldn't hold, so I started at it with
>vice grips and hammer.  This had worked last time it got stuck.  No
>luck.  I've been soaking it for a few days in break-away.  Still no
>love.  Today ground a groove in it to use my hand impact driver and
>X-Plug socket.  STILL won't budge.  I used a little heat, but didn't
>know the wisdom of torching the oil pan. Is this cool?  I had images
>of oil catching fire inside the pan.
>
>Any ideas on how to get this stubborn bolt out?  It's driving me crazy.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Ed
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Bob
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Robert Myers
Fayetteville
'95 urS6 - Cashmere Grey
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