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

[Robert Myers]

The BFPW works just fine to remove the stuck plug if you are replacing it 
anyway.  No air compressor required.

BFPW - LARGE pipe wrench.

At 10:46 AM 1/23/2005, Mark Strangways wrote:

>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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