EM2_PLo

Here's the scenario. I took my car ONCE to get the oil changed, because I didn't have time and didn't want to drive it out of town with old oil. I just recently changed it myself and notice the oil pan was stripped . I went ahead and just put in an over sized drain plug for now as a quick fix until I get paid next week. My questions are, is it necessary to replace the oil pan? how did this happen? Was it over torqued? How can I prevent this from happening again?

00falcon

did you take it to a honda dealer?

EM2_PLo

No I had taken it to a local wal-mart tire and lube

2002civicrider

Probably was over torqued. I've had to replace mine before.

00falcon

i know a guy who went to wally world for oil changes and they blew his motor up... had to put in a new one

EM2_PLo

lmao blew the motor up? how did they do that?

EM2_PLo

So then I should be tightening the drain plug with a torque wrench?

theineffable

it's not hard to strip the threads...i would use a torque wrench...

if it's not stripped badly, you might get away with retapping the drain hole. do this with the pan removed else you'll drop metal bits into the oil...

97twodoor

Proper torque FTW

D17A2/ D17A6: 39 NM (29 FT. LBS.)

D17A1: 44 NM (33 FT. LBS.)

EM2_PLo

Damn that sucks I guess I'll start using a torque wrench. I'm probably just gonna replace the oil pan instead. Thanks.