Re: Monkey Lad strikes again

["Doyt W. Echelberger" <Doyt@NWOhio.com>]

Bob....If you hold a piece of dry ice (available at big dairies) against
the drain plug (using tongs, don't touch the stuff) it will shrink the
diameter of the plug, perhaps enough to allow removal with a sturdy box
wrench.

I think I would do it while the engine is hot, because that would expand
the threaded inlet to the pan, which would make the diameter of the drain
hole larger.

You ought to be able to cool the plug while the wrench is on it, if you use
a thin box wrench.

This combination of heat and cold is my best shot. And I don't think it is
dangerous.

Doyt Echelberger
86 4kq
87 5kcstq
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At 01:11 AM 6/27/98 EDT, you wrote:
>Hi Y'all,
>
>Perhaps this particular monkey lad should be called King Kong Lad.  The
>last oil change I had done on my S6 was done at a local Jiffy-Lube type
>place.  I supplied the oil and filter.  I was forbidden to enter the work
>area.  This was, of course, *after* the oil had already been drained.  All
>appeared to go well - no oil leaks.
>
>Today was time for the next change in preparation for Audifest98.  I took
>the car to my regular service station instead of back to the other place -
>I wanted to see what was being done.  The oil drain plug was so tight that
>we were unable to remove it at all.  The car goes in to the dealership
>Monday morning for an oil and filter change and a new oil drain plug.  I
>hope they can get the old one out without destroying anything else - like
>the pan.
>
>About all I can figure is that King Kong must have used an air impact
>wrench to tighten the drain plug.  I guess it's time for me to do my own
>oil/filter changes.
>
>Any BTDTs on removal of a recalcitrant oil plug?
>
>
>___
>   Bob
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