The quick lube shop said the bolt is too tight and can't come out, so they can't do the oil change and said I need to take it to a dealer because there "may be" something wrong with the oil pan??

They don't want to take a chance by forcing it. Do I have something to worry about?

Thanks

 

it could have been put in wrong the last time the oil was changed...if anything you might have to change the oild pan...have you tried using an air gun on it?

 

you must be carefull when undoing it as you may not be able to get it back in.
at a guess it has been cross threaded and when you take it of the thread will come off with it so you will need to rethread it or get a new sump.

 

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Air gun will loosen anything. I'm afraid there may be damage.

Is the oil pan expensive?

97 Civic 1.6L non-Vtec

 

post in the wtb fourm... cant be that expensive.

 

Did they change your oil last time? If so MAKE them get it out and/or fix it.

 

Well you have a couple options you can do. The reason they dont want to try and take the drain plug out is they dont want to take the chance of having to eat the cost of repairing it. Depending on what kind of shop you took it to they should be able to repair it there. Just tell them you dont hold them at risk to take it out. They should be able to get the plug out even if it is cross threded. They can eather rethred the nut inside the pan or put a temp plug in untill you get the money to pull the pan off and replace it if you have to

 

get a good 6 point socket and ratchet and hit the handle with a rubber mallet to pop the bolt loose.
i used to work at an oilchange place and its veryyyy easy to over tq oil bolts without a tq wrench. and the shitty thing is its realy easy to leave them loose enough where they will leak.
so my trick was i used a good 6 point wrench and a rubber mallet and gave it one good pop to crack it off. and the same to tighten it.
never had 1 car come back leaking or stripped.
and cars like bmw or vw that use aluminum oil pans strip very easy..

 

use a long as breakerbar.... itll come off

 

i got my used oil pan from a junk yard for cheap. if you NEED one. ive got one laying around here.. just PM me

 

WD-40 it and let it do it's magic. Then try to get it off yourself. I had the same problem, those guys are just lazy, trust me.

 

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Tru dat.

Also, it's obvious if it cross-threaded the drain plug. It would be noticeably crooked.


Modified by TallAssFilipino at 3:16 AM 8/23/2004

 

get it off by whatever means necessary. if its messed up buy a new pan.

wait untill you are able to afford one tho unless an oil change is that important to you

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by drunknbass &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">get a good 6 point socket and ratchet and hit the handle with a rubber mallet to pop the bolt loose.
i used to work at an oilchange place and its veryyyy easy to over tq oil bolts without a tq wrench. and the shitty thing is its realy easy to leave them loose enough where they will leak.
so my trick was i used a good 6 point wrench and a rubber mallet and gave it one good pop to crack it off. and the same to tighten it.
never had 1 car come back leaking or stripped.
and cars like bmw or vw that use aluminum oil pans strip very easy..
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I do the same exact thing when i change my oil except i use a small sledgehammer instead of a mallet. I tighten it as much as i can by myself and give one sold hit with the hammer and its good to go. same to open it, one solid hit and its loose. never had a problem for 6 years now.

WHO changed your oil last time? Like someone said above, if it was a shop take it back there and talk to a manager. They are responsible.

Your other option is to use a hammer/mallet and get the bolt to turn. It should loosen VERY quickly and you should be able to start turning it by hand. IF you feel the bolt turn and it stays tight, its most probably cross-threaded which may or may not mean you can put it back correctly.

 

This reminds me off a funny story. Some dumbass on the SRT-4 forum couldn't get the bolt out so he took the filter off and started the car to get the oil out.

 

the mods at the SRT4 forums deleted the thread... only because the bandwidth im sure was getting SUCKED up. and the dude was surely getting flamed hardcore.

 

At one point it had 17 users and 1142 guests viewing.

 

holy hell!!!! i read it earlier i didnt think there was that many