Can i go to a honda service shop and get a helicoil installed??How much would it cost???thanks

 

yes and no, i work for kastner honda and napa and it really all depends on your service writer. depending on whats stripped if its under warrenty or not.if its under warrenty they will just replace the part. if this is a non coverd vehicle and there is some one who feels confident to do the heli coil job then yes it can be done. remeber though that dealerships have higher rates than a general shop would charge.

 

im around the peninula ie. daly city...are their any local places i can get it done inn my area???im talking bout a stripped oil pan ...thanks

 

A new oil pan is $135 new, so don't spend too much fixing the old one.

 

Unless its somethign important like a timing belt tensor. I stripped out the block, I have to get a coil installed.

 

how bad is your pan? are you sure it's the pan?

i get cars all the time w/ worn threads and bolts that are hard to remove.
most of the time, it's just the bolt that is worn...seems like that wears first. you can see it looking at the bolt threads too. i'd try that $2 bolt first.
and always, always use new washers! and ~30 lb/ft for bolt!

if that fails, pepboys has oversize bolts that go into stripped pans. only thing is it's kind of a pain to find washers for the bolts.

 

yea i already tried a replacement and used a washer...it still leaks a little so i was wondering if helicoil was a cheap alternative instead of buying a new oil pan...ill go to my local pepboyz and ask about a oversized drain plug

 

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A heli coil wouldn't be a good idea for an oill pan. Id go with the oversized plug, they work well.

 

go to the junk yard and pick up a used one. buy a new gasket and put it on yourself. cost cheaper than a new pan.

 

the oil pan is not thick enough to use a helicoil insert.

yes, oversized oil plug would be your answer.

whats so wrong with it? cant chase the threads?

you might just consider buying another used oilpan. theyre not that expensive or hard to come by. almost and D series pan will work.

 

as it was my first time actually doing the oil chance [usually take it to the local gas station]....i never saw the washer/gasket around the nut when i dropped it to empty oil....so i just put back the nut and tightened a little the next day i checked and it was leaking oil.....so i drained it out agian...looked at the threads on the pan and saw 1 thread is gone but the rest are okay...what size plug do i get for this temp. fix cause im looking to a swap within a month time if i can find the engine

 

if you use a new washer, you shouldnt need to worry about it. the washer should seal the bolt and oilpan. thats why you never reuse an oil plug washer.

 

fixed the oil leak...torqued the nut and its all good....yay now looking for a motor