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

[Fred Munro]

Ummm, guys, if you use a torque wrench to tighten the drain plug to the
specified 22 ft-lb you will never have this problem. I had the tight drain
plug on my first oil change. I installed a new one and have torqued it ever
since. It has come loose using an ordinary ratchet handle at 8000 km
intervals for the past 150,000 km.

Fred Munro
'94 S4


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of
calvinlc at earthlink.net
Sent: January 23, 2005 12:15 AM
To: Theodore Chen; Noah; Edward; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Help!! Evil drain plug will NOT come out


Hmmm....Mine wouldn't budge with 3 different impact wrenches I tried...one
was even a MAC tools job that put out ungodly amounts of torque.  The thing
just gets so tight because of the the aluminum pan.  Air chisel did it with
no problem, though.
--Calvin


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Theodore Chen
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 1:28 PM
To: Noah; Edward; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Help!! Evil drain plug will NOT come out



--- Noah <noahgodwin at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Two words:
> Air Chisel.
>
> With all the soaking you've done already, I'd guess that the air chisel
> would make short work of it. If you have air, and you don't have an air
> chisel, you can get one for less than $20 at wal-mart.

close, but the two words i'd suggest are "impact wrench".

i had trouble with a stuck oil drain plug that rounded with a 6-point socket
and a breaker bar applied to it.  after it slipped the first time, i didn't
want to risk damaging the hex further, so i used an impact wrench on it.
i have an ingersoll-rand IR2131 and an air compressor.  if you don't own
these, you should seriously consider it.  you can also buy an electric
impact wrench from sears for $150, and it can remove just about any nut
or bolt on my cars.

i vaguely recall having to unbolt a little tube to get a straight
shot at the oil drain plug.  i think this tube holds the alternator wire.

if you already rounded it off, hammer a cheap socket onto it and use
the impact wrench.

-teddy




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