drain plug

I have a problem with my drain plug. When I took it out to drain my oil, the thing wouldn't come off easily. When it finally came loose, the bolt just kept turning when I tried turning it. So I was able to get it out with the help of my bro. It turns out we had to strip most of the bolt just to get it out. Now when I put the new one in it doesn't tighten all the way and it just keeps turning again. Now its leaking. Can this problem be resolved by making new threading on the oil pan? I could use the help cause I don't want to end up putting a quart of oil everyday.

just rethread the current hole alittle bigger and get a bolt to match

ud need a short bolt to replace it, cause there are moving parts in there.

yah true.. just match up the new fatter bolt, with the old one, and make sure its the same length... then ur good to go :bigthumb:

Most auto parts stores carry a special rubber plug especially for this problem. The oil pan is made of sheet metal and I don't know if you can cut new threads into them. Good luck. :smile:

I used the rubber plug, but its leaking really small drops. I'm not really concerned buy what do you guys think. Its not leaking close to how much as it was before, just droplets. The weird thing is, its dropping through the bolt rather than around the rubber. Weird.

There are over-sized plugs & toggle bolt style plugs for stripped pans. Auto parts stores carry them. The correct way to fix it: replace the oil pan

That's the best solution.:iagree: