Oil change mistake, help

You have go to the local auto parts store and get a self tapping oversized drain plug for your oil pan, be very careful, if you get too large of size it will be too hard to thread, and make sure you start it straight and not at an angle or it will not seal, you will lose your oil doing this, so get some new oil before you start. And if you have never cut threads before, you turn clockwise to start cutting, then when it starts getting tight or snug, back it out (counter-clockwise) about a 1/4 to 1/2 turn, then continue cutting the new threads (clockwise), until you have to back it up again, repeat until you are done, then try and collect the metal shavings a magnet will help, some of the drain plugs have a magnet built in. Good Luck.

They also have an expanding rubber oil pan plug that's sold at the auto parts stores for around $5. It's a rubber grommet around a screw that expands as you screw it in, sealing the hole. Kind of like a drywall anchor. You won't have to worry about threading it right or not, it will expand into any size hole until it's sealed.

2Manystangs said:

I've done that, they make a "one size over" plug that will cut new threads when you install it...check local parts store like Autozone, or Napa, they should have one

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No you haven't.


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