98bwahhek

hi im going to replace my stripped oil drain plug and was looking into a magnetic plug are they worth getting or should I stick with oem? Do magnetic oil drain plugs really work? N do they help to where its worth getting.

Cap'N Chronic

Yes, they attract chunks of metal from your oil so it doesn't get into your bearings and vital parts of your engine. I have one, and every time I change my oil there is a moderate amount of metal on it.

Kohen

Your drain plug stripped? Are you sure it's the plug and not the actual pan?

What engine? If it's an aluminum pan, the pan will strip before the plug.


A magnetic drain plug wouldn't be the worst idea. If anything you could just stick some fat magnets on the bottom of your oil pan to attract ferrous metals. It's also a good idea to do the same on transmissions. It's often done and it's proven to be a good thing to do.

Either way, it isn't too big of a deal what you do with the plug.

furious94ls

If the pan is ruined, you need an oversized plug that re-threads the pan. You can only use that bolt. They aren't magnetic. Find a new pan and then you can run a magnetic plug. I run a magentic plug in all my cars.

Kohen

I've tried those oversized plugs and they freaking blow. I couldn't get it to start threading worth ****.

I bought a used OEM pan to put on and then I was going to retap my old one and sell that with an oversized plug. But my car got totaled before I could get to that point.

In the mean time I was using one of those rubber oil plug things. You put it in and tighten it down and it expands the rubber part. Surprisingly it didn't drop a leak. It's only a few bucks at an auto parts store.

furious94ls

I also just got a used pan in good shape. Good to know about the rubber plugs in case it happens again.

Kohen

For my Y8 it was only like $30. Then of course I bought a new oil pan gasket to go with it.

Definitely! I was quite surprised that it didn't drip. I ran it quite a while since it was holding up. I was just going to wait until my next oil change to do the oil pan replacement. But I wasn't able to get enough mileage on it by the time it got totaled to change the oil. Hahaha.

Jimster480

If your pan is stripped it might be easier to get a new pan than to try to retap it. Like someone else said, those oversize plugs suck. And yes magnetic is better, I always use them.

Kohen

Yupp. And you wouldn't really want to retap it while it is still on the vehicle due to not being able to get a good, straight angle and also because more metal will get into the oil pan.

98bwahhek

no its an own oil pan its the actual bolt I have to use vice grips to get it off thanks for the input


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98bwahhek

also does it matter what brand it is? do all magnetic oil drain plugs work the same?


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Kohen

Gotta love Eric the car guy! Smart man. Great videos. Especially on Hondas.