[V6-12v] Oil Change question

[Craig D. Niederst]

Yes, counter-clockwise to remove and clockwise to tighten. The drain plug is
not reverse threaded or anything like that. When I first bought my car back
in '96, I was oblivious to the concept of a crush washer, and did not
replace it for the first 3-4 oil changes. By the 4th change, I could not get
the drain plug out for the life of me. I had been using a 17 mm 12 point
socket to remove the plug, and it had rounded it off pretty well. When I
bought the new drain plug, I started replacing the crush washer with every
change, and bought a 17 mm box wrench for removal. I've done 15 or so
changes since, and have never had a problem in getting the plug out. HTH.

Craig

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Widmyer" <touring_fan at msn.com>
To: "Craig D. Niederst" <cdniederst at comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: [V6-12v] Oil Change question


> this may be an obvious question but I loosen counter-clockwise and tighten
> clockwise, right?  I don't want to try and turn the wrong way.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Craig D. Niederst" <cdniederst at comcast.net>
> To: <v6-12v at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [V6-12v] Oil Change question
>
>
> > A 17 mm open ended wrench always has worked for me. Make sure you
replace
> > the copper or aluminum crush washer after each change. Re-using them
makes
> > the drain plug more difficult to remove (BTDT). HTH.
> >
> > Craig
> > '92 100S (111k)
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Nathan Widmyer" <touring_fan at msn.com>
> > To: "V6 12V Audi Mailing List" <v6-12v at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:05 PM
> > Subject: [V6-12v] Oil Change question
> >
> >
> > I went to change my oil last time and used a crescent wrench.  I rounded
> off
> > the oil drain plug and had to get a pipe wrench and some more muscle to
> get
> > it off.  I bought a new plug and put the new nut on.  I went to change
my
> > oil again recently and I used the wrench provided in the wheel well in
the
> > trunk made for the nut.  I couldn't get the wrench to grip on the nut to
> > move it.  I sprayed WD-40 on it several times, no luck.  I got a pair of
> > vice grips and tried and the teeth only made teeth marks in the plug
> itself.
> > Before I damage the nut any more, what is the right thing to do because
I
> > can't seem to open the plug without destroying it.  Thanks in advance,
> Nate.
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