Hi,
I noticed my plug leaking a while ago, so I went ahead and bought oil, filter and an aluminum crush washer.
When I removed the plug, it had a rubber gasket a nylon washer and an aluminum one also. I was pretty confused. I figured ths was why it was leaking.
I put the aluminum one on, and it still drips.
Am I suppose to use an aluminum or vinyl washer?
Maybe I need to torque it down more?
Any ideas
I think the tq setting is 30, I don't have a torque wrench so I have no idea if it's set to torque or not. And I'm afraid to strip it
Thanks.

 

Look at the plug itself, Do the threads look cross threaded. Maybe someone before you stripped it so they used all those washer to try and seal it.
Pick up another drain plug and only use the aluminum washers honda sells. They are like 20 cents each. I bought a whole bag last time i ordered a part online. I change them at every oil change so no leaky mess under there.

 

Advance sells the bolt for like 2 bucks. Pick that up and some honda crush washers. Thats all u need...When you tighten it just do it with a normal wrench, dont try to over tighten it.

 

I bought a bag of new honda crush washers, When I tighten it there's not really much resistance, whats the torque setting?

 

Thats because either the bolt is cross threaded or your pan is thus causing your leak.
The torque setting is hand tight. I have been doing this for 8 years and never stripped that oil pan drain plug. Hand tight man, you will eventually get the FEEL of hand tight.

 

Hmm, I hope it's not cross threaded, i will check it tomorrow. Because the resistance does increase a little bit

 

Yes, then it lets go and gets loose? LOL, thats cross threaded but you can fix it by cheating. Use teflon tape and tighten, will increase tension and stop the leaks. Not the right way, but it will work.

 

teflon tape! That sounds good

 

Teflon Tape sounds like a bad idea.

I went to home depot and bought a rubber washer and put that in between the pan and the bolt. Problem solved.

 

Looked at it today, I don't want to tighten it anymore beause like I said the resistance doesn't build
What's strange is the threads are not stripped on neither bolt or pan. Someone suggested I go to an oil shop, and they can fix it with a helicoil
And that it could be the plug that is weaker than the pan. I have a magnetic blox plug

 

Im the manager at a quaker state oil change shop and i do the lowers (drain the oil, change the filter, grease, check diffs/t-case) on about 100-150 cars a week... a decent amount of them hondas and you most deffinitly do not NEED an OEM honda drain plug OR crush-washer. thats a bunch of crap. we have both alluminum crush washers and double thick nylon gaskets and either one works absolutly fine! not even a trace of oil. we also have replacement plugs (not "OEM Honda") and those work great too.

to the OP... try to got your hands on a tap and carefully run it through the threads in the pan... you will know the condition of the threads in the pan by the way the tap threads in. once you do that get a brand new plug (i know it sucks, cause you have a mag. one) and try that.

one more thing just throwin it out there but if worst come to worst there are things called "safety plugs" wich are made for oil pans with COMPLETELY jacked up threads

either way... good luck to ya

 

If the threads on your pan and plug are fine then yeah it works... but how can an aluminum washer posibly have a better success rate then a nylon gasket? the nylon gaskets take less torque to seal then the alluminum washers wich results in less wear and tear on the threads resulting in stripped or stretched threads. mabe if you used one once youd understand the reasons I'm arguing my point. its is next to imposible to strip threads with them because you have room to overtorque where as with an aluminum crush washer, once its tight you have mabe a 1/4 turn and then threads are toast