Fixing A Aluminum Stripped Oil Pan Drain Plug.
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- Fixing A Aluminum Stripped Oil Pan Drain Plug. ~Clean up shaving best you can before putting on oil plug~
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Tip: Use axle grease on the tapper to avoid the metal from falling into the oil pan and potentially damaging the engine.
I think I'd still put some mineral oil in the and try to flush any chips out of the pan.
Take the pan out and clean it through, take the time, thanks
@@grassroot011 I poured the oil through the car again to flush it out. Seemed to work very well.
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Oil filter will catch any debris though.
Great video thanks. One thing for folks to also remember is to match the thread pitch of bolt with the tap. SAE uses coarse and fine while metric uses a decimal number example 1.5.
Good tip! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you sir, i fell victim to an incompetent shop.. they quoted $900 to fix their mistake after the fact. Will have to start doing oil changes myself again.
Fantastic video. I just ran into this for the first time with my 2nd gen dodge. You’re about to save my life if I can get this to work on my truck.
Did it work?
@@jordancasavant9923 yes it did. I ended up drilling out the old threads that were ruined. Then loaded the tap with red axle grease and using a ratcheting tap from GearWrench cut new threads like butter. Axle grease made shaving clean up a breeze. The Dakota is still running strong today and oil changes flow much faster now lol.
Hey Rohrbough...out of curiosity I checked online and the oil pan for my bmw e46 costs $826 without the gaskets. You should get paid for this video. Thanks again 👍
Wtf bro mine runs 60-90 bucks
Good video. I just tapped the oil pan on my Camry and it doesn't leak a drop of oil 👍
Nice!!
AWESOME video--just what I needed--thank you for posting this masterpiece.
Thanks for your video. During my last oil change, my plug tightened but I could tell it wasn't going to tighten enough and I didn't have a couple extra hours to make any repairs let alone getting an oversized plug from the nearest parts store. I snuggled it the best I could, added oil and left a sheet of cardboard on the garage floor to gage how bad the drips would be the next morning. Not bad, an out 2 to 4 drips . So far after 4000 miles and a cold winter with maybe a cup low, I plan to go the oversized plug route instead of the oil pan.
if you use oversize bolt, do you stoll have to do the hand tap method?
Excellent! just did this myself! thank you soo much!
I own a bmw e46...the guy before me used a m12-1.75 and it's actually a m12-1.5 this video helped me decide to actually try this. Thanks for your help
Glad it helped you!
I was thinking about doing this but it helps to watch someone else jump off the bridge into the river below before I take the leap myself. Thanks again
Carls Johnson I have a bmw f30 which also uses a m12-1.5. I’m just wondering what you used to fix this and if it has been effective?
@Cristian...i ended up wrapping the 12-1.75 in Teflon tape as a quick fix. It's working so far and it doesn't drip. It's just a quick fix until the cold rainy season clears
Good video Nathan thanks for sharing it with us.
Really nice vid, many thanks, exactly I want to do on my honda pilot
Great!!!
Sir, great video. I was changing oil on my F250 and did what you did except my plug was stripped. Pan threads “appear” fine. Hope I don’t need to do any of this and hope a new plug will do it when I go to buy a new one first thing tomorrow. If it doesn’t, glad I found this video.
Hope for the best!~
you're the man!!! thank you for sharing this
Good Job! Thank You!
Heeeey!
There are oil drain plug insert kits of different sizes. You need a large drill and drill bit from the kit. Heli-coil may have the kit. AutoZone may have it. You may need a drill bit set. A Big-sert kit may be needed since it has a steel insert.
True. Thanks.
The 18 is the thread pitch, not the metric conversion from 5/8”
Thanks for informative video. I have done thousands of oil changes and just recently busted my wife's sienna oil pan. Man, did i freak out!
A coworker tells me about the Heilcoil kit for the fix. Why would someone want to go the Helicoil route (tap then sleeve) rather than your simple way, just tap and go. Please let me know what you think.
Well the hold Idea it to get the threads started as straight as possible
so the new plug will seal good. You can play around with different
types of seals for the new plug also.
I remember once I had a stripped oil pan bolt on my saturn astra after doing my oil change on a sunday. Pretty much all the stores were closed, and homedepot was open and didnt have an m14 bolt. I ended up using an old spark plug to seal it, and it didnt leak at all. I then just used a longer drain bolt and it sealed it up tight
Thanks for the info!~
If I bought a used car and found a sparkplug in the oil drain hole I would immediately question the entire vehicle
@@Partnerthedog LMAOOO. i would be like how high is this dude, then check my spark plugs
The reason your oversized plug didn't work at first is because you need to get the exact size as your original plug, the oversized specification will be slightly larger than a standard plug. So in your case a 1/2" oversized plug would have worked, the 5/8" oversized is meant to cut a 5/8" stripped hole. Thanks for your video, i will try tapping mine today
Nice!!!
FYI, "Plug Tap" on the tap package does not imply that the tool is for tapping a spark plug hole. It is describing the cutting chamfer type, which is a plug chamfer or 3 to 5 threads for a through hole. A "Taper" chamfer is 7 to 10 threads for making it easier to start the thread and a "Bottom" chamfer is 1 to 2 threads for a blind hole.
Saw that vid too
Awesome video, just what i needed to know.😷
Me too!
If you went to tractor supply and bought a long bolt the same size as your original oil plug. Then cut it, to about twice the length of your original. You wouldn't have had to tap it. You can see you have good threads deeper in the pan that your original plug doesn't touch. You actually could have saved about $7 bucks and not worry about shavings of metal in your pan from tapping without grease on your tap..
True. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Nathan helped me out
Great!~
My transition needs this fix.
Very good videos ...thanks for showing how to do this. For all the trolls leaving negative comments please go get a life.
Thanks! Very much appreciate you for taking time to show us how it's done!
Thanks. I know when you strip your oil pan plug...your day is ruin...Glad this helped.
Good fix better than getting a new one. If only more people would try fix instead of getting new.
Word!!
Great Video 🔥
Word!
Wonderful, thanks m8
I had to repair the drain plug threads on a motorcycle years ago. I put an air hose in the filler hole somewhat sealed off with a piece of rubber hose and blew out the shavings as I tapped it, then poured some oil back through it to wash out any shavings that were still in it. I would imagine an air hose attached to the dip stick tube would do the same thing on a car (as long as the oil cap is on and pcv is blocked off). Hopefully the filter will catch any remaining crumbs.
It also looks like your "original" drain plug had already been replaced with a self tapping repair bolt. A stock bolt wouldn't have the slots cut into it.
Yea tuue. I think your right.
🎉is the metal bolt compatible with the aluminum of the sump some metals don't mix like aluminum and metal as you know great video 👍💯🤔
Never use an over size plug or any other sort of self tapping plug. These plugs dont magically stop cutting threads the next time you change your oil. The result is you will cut new threads into the new threads that will strip after a couple times of removal/installation. Dont be a lazy and just take the time to drill out the old threads and either helicoil or install an insert.
That's what I thought this video would show simply based on the cover shot with the tap 😕
I bought an oversized drain plug for my Chrysler 300 do you think I should return it? I noticed you didn’t use the oversized plug in your video
You might need to
Dealer stripped my pan of course they wont own up to it but they will sell me a new pan for $700 on my 7 month old vehicle that only they changed the oil on from day one.I found these ecoplugs on Amazon the plug had a 4.5 to 5.0 verified purchase rating.I purchased one $15 installed it in two minutes Game over saved a boatload of money now I change my own oil with the ecoplug I hope this helps someone that got screwed.
Cool! Glad it worked for you.
Love these obvious adverts for ecoplugs!
Thanks!
I got "plugged" by some moron thst stripped my oil pan! I am gonna try the ecoplug.
I don't see how all the oil will drain from the pan using an ecoplug. See the length of the threaded section? It seems that's how much oil isn't draining and sitting in the bottom of the pan.
A garage was supposed to retap my oil drain plug and just stuck a slightly larger bolt in with larger thread size. So having to do the job again.
Thanks sir....
Great!
One simple question, why the end of the tool doesn't have ending like thread chaser so you could just put ratchet inside and move, with pliers it works too as seen but its not so convenience
Huge thanks for this. I fucked up my sons moped oilplug threads... Now i have self-confidence to try this by my own.
Great video 👍🏻
Dude, nice. Any idea if it will work with a tap of the same size of the bolt trying to restore? My trans plug is stripped and leaks..
I love this guy
I just replace the bolt with a Stahlbus drain plug and I put oil resistance silicone on the threads and you don't have to be taking off the drain plug anymore cause it comes with a adapter and a clear hose for future oil changes.Just get the thread size and you can find them on eBay like I do.
Good to know!~
Did you tap with the same size, or next size up?
Up ;)
This happened to me today on my 5 series
O my!
Great idea.
great video..
Did you use the same bolt size after plug tap ?
No .
This is the only good way to fix this issue!
Yea that's why Just did my own threads. Worked with I had.
Omg thank you for sharing g this
Thanks!
I've seen some people drill first and then tap, wonder if you drilled off camera?
Nope. It was hard to tap this.
@@FixingWithPassion ok thanks, I have to tap a sxs differential. Id rather not drill either but I will be using grease and draining just in case. Thx.
Thx! It works for me!
Great!
On my car the oil drain plug is loose and spinning but won’t come out. What should I do?
I'll ask scotty!
Your neon is metric. How did it get an SAE plug to begin with?
What happens to the shavings left inside the pan?
Will it be a problem?
Very little. Oil filter will catch it.
@@FixingWithPassion thanks man,been thinking about doing this for a while
Smart man. Use all of the threads in the oil pan. It will limit the risk of stripping the female thread's. Oil drain plugs only need to be torqued to 20 Ft lbs.
Hey man , I tighten too much of the bolt now when trying to remove the bolt for oil change , bolt wouldn’t come off, it turns left and right but wouldn’t come off,, any suggestions on that,
Get a bolt extractor
thats easy there. try a thin wall drain pan where you only have 2 or 3 threads.
Use a plastic washer and an “O” ring together. Tighten mo more than 300i in/lbs, ( 25 ft/ lbs).
Super
Great!~
EVERTHING you see related to fixing a stripped is just a temporary fix as long as your contending with the threads THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
Purchase an Ecoplug and call it a day.
The Ecoplug is a permanent solution to stripped aluminum and steel oil pan thread damage.
Ecoplug is a game changer have one on all my vehicles
love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jim Lane .....Right. But I got lucky and it did not leak oil after doing this. But thanks for the advice epically for the new comers. :)
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I had one of hell coils installed on my car the first time I went to change the oil the helicoil came out and was stuck to my plug
NIGHTMARE !
We than installed an Ecoplug and I can now service my oil in seconds
NO MORE THREADING FOR ME
Tap and die is exactly how you fix this problem professionally idiot.
Hello any suggestions on where i can get a 9/16-18 nf tap? At menards?
Awsome vid,thanks for sharing!
Did it leak any after???
No......
5/8 inch is roughly 1.6 cm, so it starts at 1.6 at the bottom and increases in size to 1.8cm
Yes. No longer have the car but it never leaked after the fix!
If my bolt is a 12 m, what size of oversize bolt should I get ?
depends what the pitch is.. m12 x what.. here is catalog with oil sump bolt sizes, it will show a code for the correct oversized bolt for your vehicle. Look up the code and you may find it. Otherwise you could try a code that has similar size original bot. Im no expert, my bolt size was m14 x 1.5 , and the thread was rooted as. I just thought well its got to be quite a bit larger than 15 mm because I allready made the hole bigger, so I went for the same one on this video a 5/8 one..It still has a small leak though, Im thinking of tightening it a bit at a time until it stops leaking, without going past maybe 30 Nm.
I wouldn't recommend an oversized bolt, mine cross threaded at 30 Nm. You can get this thing called an eco-plug, a lot of people are impressed with it.
Yes, that's what I going to do next time.
I just did this job and I’m paranoid that shaving got in 😱
Run some cheap oil / clean used oil to flush it out. Don’t worry, anything left inside should be caught by the filter
Go to any Walmart and buy an Ecoplug lights out the best permanent fix and make changing oil clean and safe
Great idea!
Good evening, TVWXMAN32. I changed my oil yesterday and stripped the plug hole. Do I buy the same size plug tap, or go one size up? My vehicle is a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. It has a 5/8" pan bolt. Thanks.
Up one size. Eye it.
Someone did the same thing to my motorcycle! I agree! Some people should NEVER pick up a hand tool. How in the HELL does someone F**k up an oil change!!
So true!!~~ UGH
Im trying to takeoff my drain plug but the bolt wont come out, it just spins but cant take it out, how do i remove it?
A 10 min video of the sound of a bolt hitting a oil pan 1000000000 times my god
Nice!
I own a fleet of vehicles they have aluminum and steel oil pans the threads were always leaking we tried all the temporary fixes pain in the ass difficult to service and eventually leaked oil my friend works for a Lexus dealer and suggested an ecoplug its a magnetic drain plug that doesn't need threads and lasts for the life of vehicle we are sold on these ecoplugsthey are incredible we purchased 20+ ecoplug for about$11.99 its been almost a year not one leak.
Thanks for the Advice!
No problem hope this saves people a lot of grief and money
Metal shavings on bearings: allow me to introduce myself
Rather take sump out and do a rethread
Ecoplug it!
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My drain bolt spins easily just like yours but wont come out, how you take it out
Its in the video
How do you plan to get the shavings out of the pan now?
James Pinckard ....Used a squirt can Shot some used oil in the hole flushed some of the shavings out. Then took the oil I drained out....put in back in leaving the drain plug out....letting the used oil flush the small shavings out. Worked perfect! New oil/filter good as new! Thanks for viewing!
Great work. I end of stripping 10 mm bolt on crank seal, and what size Tap do you recommend on this and bolt size?
What do u do when its not a bolt thats stripped but an actual pressure hose because my power steering gear box is stripped out
Your F*ed! Dang dude....that bad!
Im at the point where im just gonna replace the whole gear box
You should do a video....It may help others. I'd let you post it here for views!
You’re supposed to get the 1/2 oversized one
A big one
Hey Guys! I tried to do an oils change but I'm not able to take out the plug. It keeps on spinning but won't come off or get tight. What should I do?
Try to get a sharp straight screw driver in behind the oil plug bolt and
oil pan (you might have to sharpen it with a file to make it really sharp)
... while tapping it with a hammer. This might get it started or
to "pop out some" until you get it out far enough to get some vice
grips or something to pull on/out the bolt while turning it.
Did you end up being able to take that oil pan plug out? If you did, how did you do it ?
I used a small screw driver wedged it between the bolt and pan while trying to turn the bolt forcing it slowly out. Also vice grips works wounders.
lol did you mean that life saver O-ring pun?
Ha ha...I think so.
what size was the drain plug hole originally? m14 x 1.5?
I don't remember. But that sounds about right.
dominick victorio s
i have same thes in Lexus ls 430 14 mm 1.5
What do you mean to tap it
Tap with no regrets :D
Shouldn’t you take the pan off to ensure there is no shavings in the pan getting circulated through the engine
I cut the thread the same way you did in the video and tightened the new oil drain plug to 25 NM with a torque wrench.(spec) Everything was perfect, but after 2 days I can see a few drops of oil under the car in the driveway. I re-tightened it to 30NM and today I found another drop of oil under the car.
Any suggestions?
Get a rubber seal for the bolt.
How about today?
@@thinshadow551 Sold the car :D
Had to change the oil pan first, though...
I always wondered. Is it ok to idle your car for 30 min?
The BMW dealership striped out oil pan Drain plug and wants to charge me $3000 to fix it, interesting. Thank you for the info this was caused by the dealer.
Good luck...ugh...
So that’s why my dad had Bucket of bolts laying around so he don’t have to drive around
Heck Yea!!~
What if the tap goes in at an angle, and you don't notice until too late? The oil plug won't sit flush. Time for an Ecoplug.
Yep!
@@FixingWithPassion obviously folks that work for or own Eco Plug are hijacking all stripped drain plug vids........I mean....to me it is very obvious ......Im not saying its a bad product but I smell something fishy hear.
Dude mess up my car stripped oil drain plug too at tire express forum drive Columbia sc I had to pay 1600 for the cost they wouldn’t help me pay it
eco plug.. Google it. just had to do this today. $10 at AutoZone. it's magnetic, no leaks, no brainer
Nice!
1st view I think.. this video doesn't relate to me but I just found your channel today and subbed instantly. reason being I am in possession of a 2000 mercury sable LS (the taurus' prettier twin sister) that has within the past week developed what I call haass (hyper active alarm system syndrome)' stock anti- theft system randomly going into panic mode for no obvious reason. while trouble shooting found this channel. still haven't fixed that but I did get the heater working and some of the vacuum leaks sorted out thanks to your videos. I assume the alarm issue is a bad door latch cuz while I'm driving it the door ajar and dome lights start flickering thought I unplugged the drivers from the rest of the system and for a few days all was good but today it started doing it again. is this an issue you are familiar with? any advice would be helpful
unplugged the drivers side door from the electrical system I meant to say. small phone big thumb
oh and on a side note I took a hard right turn in the Wal-Mart parking lot and the door ajar warning light and dome lights started going nuts and kept doing so even after opening and closing the doors and didn't stop till I disconnected the battery
Hey thanks for subbing! Yea you have a switch/door sensor somewhere going bad or making poor contact. I had a dodge caravan that did the same thing from St louis to Charleston W.V. one time (8 hr drive) ugh...Blinking dinging. Turns out it was a door sensor. Start looking at the door sensors. Rain will do strange things sometimes to doors and sensors. Any check engine lights? Start there also.
TVWXMAN32 hmm the alarm issue started on a rainy day last Sunday. check engine light went off after replacing 2 vacuum hoses but I can still hear a sucking sound and it idles rough sometimes stalls if it isn't warmed up
I'll keep poking around and see if I can find anything. I am scared of blown gaskets
Where did you find a 5/8" metric bolt?
Farm store
Oil Drain Plug:
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Nothing like duct tape.. 😂😂
bugged me that you didnt even brake clean the mating surface of the drain plug hole....
brake clean ?
@@FixingWithPassion Don't feed the trolls, man.
You started with an over sized plug. That's why it didn't feel right to begin with. You need to look into Eco plugs before ruining a pan by wrongfully resizing the pan. If you teach a bunch of people the wrong procedure you are going to have a ton of people cracking aluminum pans because they are forcefully changing the thread pitch. That's why mechanics use helicoil kits instead of trying to up the oil pan drain hole size. I understand you want to teach people how to do those things, just make sure you are teaching the right way.... not the wrong way.
No the plug was the right size. The threads would not "Bite"
PURCHASE AN ECOPLUG CALL IT A DAY
Word!
dude those are pretty cool, but it protrudes into the pan, and goes above the bottom. The bottom is where all the sediment gathers, you want to be able to drain the whole thing.
But definitely a innovative design and works in a pinch.
I like he said a 5/8 metric Bolt He must be another guy that thinks American and Standard bolts are the same
NO...Old bolt was metric...Adapter was SAE. Just miss spoke. Got more?
Ya viewer is on people's ass
It’s actually the worst investment to buy! Or size plug won’t fix anything
Because of the 2.6 v 3.2 ratio?