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

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Or you could just use anti-seize.



On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:48:23 -0500, Fred Munro <munrof at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 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-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [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-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [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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