changed my oil today and the oil pan bolt stripped. last time i had issues as there is a tiny dent right by the drain plug area. went in last time, but this time it stripped.

got a few questions.

1) is there a way i can fix this without getting a whole new oil pan? the dent isnt bad at ALL, just like 1 cm across and a few mm deep. but can i re-thread the pan or maybe use teflon tape on the bolt to make it not leak??

2) i can get my hands on a b18a/b oil pan, will that fit?

oh ya this is a 2nd gen JDM B16

TIA


Modified by CRXified at 3:10 AM 10/29/2006

 

Go to your local parts store and you can get a replacement rubber gasket. Theyre going to need your old plug to know what size to give you. Check the thread on the oil pan and make sure that it isnt bad. If it is then get that rubber plug, if not get a new drain plug...

 

so i can jsut get a plug and pull that out each time i change my oil? ive never heard of those here in canada before..

 

bump for options, car going away for winter next week

 

get an oversized self-tapping drain plug. Or get a tap the size of the drain hole and re-chase it. Personally I would remove the oil pan to do this because of the metal shavings, but ive done it in the car and i just put my finger inside clean the shavings best i could.. then put a thing magnet inside to gather the rest (best I could). I also let it run for 10 minutes.. and did another oil change to make sure i got most of the shavings i could.

 

what ek_chris said works very well, but not everyone can or has access to a tap.

they sell oil drain plugs that is easily switched open / closed when u want it to be. you could red loctite it into the oil pan and just use that.

 

have you tried a plummer wrench? samething happen to me give it a try

 

ya i will not be able to take it off at the moment as my winter car isnt geared up quite yet.

i just want to know if a b18 oilpan will fit cause i can get 1 of them cheap.

will it clear the stock b16 downpipe??

 

also if i put the b18 oil pan on my b16, will i need a b18 oil pickup or will the b16 be the same?

 

bump

 

once i was in a hurry so i bought one of theses when the thread was messed up


got it at autozone its piggy backso far so good i guess.. better then when the car got a oil change at a shop. they just siliconed it and said fix it later

 

hmm never seen 1 of those before either, u just pound it in?

 

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got it at autozone its piggy backso far so good i guess.. better then when the car got a oil change at a shop. they just siliconed it and said fix it later</TD></TR></TABLE>

This a decent idea

Also---I'm am not positive but I believe all B series oil pans are the same.

If you use teflon tape, make sure you get the kind that wont degrade in oil.

 

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If you use teflon tape, make sure you get the kind that wont degrade in oil.</TD></TR></TABLE>

haha found this out today, it discentigrated on contact with oil lol. but the good news is that it isnt the pan after all thats stripped, its the bolt. im getting a new 1 tomorrow

 

get 2 vise grips close one of them hard on the bolt and use the other one to tight the first vicegrip bolt. then give it a good wack anticlockwise and call it a day
all ways works for me btw.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRXified &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hmm never seen 1 of those before either, u just pound it in?</TD></TR></TABLE>

it just screws in.. its basicly a screw with a small hole in it.. and you put another screw in the hole to keep the oil from coming out..
its worth a try since its bout 2 bucks at autozone.

 

oh i see now, its like a self tapping bolt and then u screw a smaller bolt into it. ill see if they got those locally around here, thanks!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RACEPAK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">get 2 vise grips close one of them hard on the bolt and use the other one to tight the first vicegrip bolt. then give it a good wack anticlockwise and call it a day
all ways works for me btw. </TD></TR></TABLE>
best way and the easiest

 

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best way and the easiest</TD></TR></TABLE>

that way i dont really understand what u mean... but i took the bolt out the other day, re-drained the oil i just changed. checked out the drain plug and seen that it was actually the plug that was stripped to expletive and the threads in the oil pan were still ok.

i took the cruse washer off and the bottom 2 threads on the bolt were still good, i put in back in and put a little high temp silicone on it and tightened it up and it didnt leak. this will be good enough until i get a new drain plug or next spring, whatever comes 1st