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Old 04-26-2009, 06:38 AM
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Default oil drain plug is leaking....

my oil pan drain is stripped, i am wondering what size i should retap with. has anyone had any experience with this? thanks
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Default Re: oil drain plug is leaking....

Use 2 lockwashers... That should stop the leaking temporarily.

You can go buy a new drain plug and retap the oil pan with that. Put it in and slowly turn until it locks, then back it out and just keep doing this until its all the way in.

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