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

[calvinlc at earthlink.net]

If the magic sockets fail you get an air chisel.  Attach your favorite blade
to it and dig into the collar around the bolt head (most torque this way).
Of course be careful to not get into the oil pan.  You are trying to do this
tangentially, if you will, on the outside of the shoulder.  This will have
the nut turning inside of 10 seconds.  I learned this trick when I did my
first oil change on my S4.
--Calvin


-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Gabriel Caldwell
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 8:44 PM
To: Robert Myers; Edward; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Help!! Evil drain plug will NOT come out


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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