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

[Mark Strangways]

One should really use anti-seize on it as they are dissimilar metals...

:-)

Mark S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Pizzimenti" <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com>
To: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
Cc: "Edward" <audi.ed at gmail.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Help!! Evil drain plug will NOT come out


> 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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