I recently found out that my oil pan drain plug was stripped out from the previous owner of my 1996 Honda Civic EX Vtec. I was wondering if it were at any way possible to weld the stripped drain plug whole shut and tap a new one right next to it to save the pan and save some money in buying a new one! Please any help is appreciated! thanks!

 

You can just attach a new nut, in place of the old too
m14 x 1.5

 

new oil pan plug? is the hole stripped to or just the plug

 

The hole is stripped not the plug, and I don't want to buy a new one so is there a way to fix it?

 

just weld a nut on it, but do a good job so it doesn't leak. You could fill the hole too if you have a wire welder. But it will drill like a sob. Welds are very hard man, just weld a new nut.

 

well i can get it welded properly but how do i then go about tapping a new hole for the the new drain plug?

 

uhh...

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m14 x 1.5</TD></TR></TABLE>

fill the old one, drill a new hole, weld a new nut on
Was what I said unclear?

 

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dude, that's to much work. go to the parts store, there is a special plug just for situations like this. works great, i used it on my old d15.

 

lol it kind of was unclear i didn't understand it sorry I honestly just wanted to know if it could be done, if it was even possible. But what tap do i need to buy for the new hole

 

You dont tap a nut thats already threaded...just drill a 14mm hole

I really dont like those repair plugs. Ive had two fail

 

lol omg. Ok i need to tap the<U> PAN</U> so i can thread a bolt into that so i can make a new drain plug that works.


Modified by Enzo757 at 1:22 PM 6/16/2007

 

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this is the simplest solution to your problem,

http://www.partsamerica.com/Pr...=3126

if you don't want to use this then do it the right way and replace your pan.

 

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Cant you read?
I have repeated myself like 4 times now
You need to weld on a new nut! You cannot tap the pan - it will rip out.
Even if you wanted to do that, thinking it would work correctly, I told you the thread size/pitch right off the bat
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You dont seem capable enough to fix this the right way w/o changing the pan

Go to the parts store and get what ed keeps suggesting instead<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by philosofy1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">this is the simplest solution to your problem,
http://www.partsamerica.com/Pr...=3126
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(just cant help some people)