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

[Robert Myers]

I was thinking more in terms of a 16 to 18 incher.  ;-)

At 10:56 AM 1/23/2005, Mark Strangways wrote:

>I have (in my truck) a 48" BFPW...
>Is that what you refer to ?
>Not sure I could actually get it on that little bolt head, but I'll bet 
>you could spin the car with it.
>
>Mark
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Myers" <robert at s-cars.org>
>To: "Mark Strangways" <Strangconst at rogers.com>; "Joe Pizzimenti" 
><joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com>; "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
>Cc: "Edward" <audi.ed at gmail.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:48 AM
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Help!! Evil drain plug will NOT come out
>
>
>>
>>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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