Re: oil drain plug won't budge...

[mallick@orion.crd.ge.com (John Mallick)]

Ed Kellock wrote...

Time to change the oil on the 200qw and the drain plug won't budge AT
all.  I sprayed it with WD40 and will try later, but what torque is this
thing supposed to be at anyway?  There's no way it should be this tight. 
Help!

...

I never was able to budge the drain plug on my '91 200q when I got it,
but there is not a lot of room under there to move.  My mechanic got
it loose easily, and replaced the hex-head plug with one that has a
hex-head socket (12 mm, I think).  It still gets a bit tight (and I'm
not a strong guy), but I can loosen it with a small bit of pipe placed
over the allen wrench handle.  

John Mallick
'91 200q

PS...so what's the IA mods doing for you??