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

[James Bowes]

that advice isn't terribly helpful when the PO didn't follow it.. my advice
on this issue is to toss the old plug in the trash and install a Fumoto
valve. Only problem with this is that the plug is "horizontal", so the
drainage is out the side and all over the side of the valve. Small price to
pay, though!

Just my $0.02


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
To: <calvinlc at earthlink.net>; "Theodore Chen" <tedebearp at yahoo.com>; "Noah"
<noahgodwin at earthlink.net>; "Edward" <audi.ed at gmail.com>;
<s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 7:48 AM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Help!! Evil drain plug will NOT come out


> 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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