No oil change - non-stock drain plugs!!

[CheeseSteakJim]

Yeah, uh, I don't really see what your mechanic's problem was with getting those out...

[87gtVIC]

use a wrench, do it yourself.

[Mercracer]

Six..........Point.............Socket...........

[marquisman]

i have one on the lincoln, its like a 7/8'' wrench, now you need a mech that knows how to use on lol

[LTDMan83]

Start taking your car to a real mechanic.....also one that won't try and make extra loot off you for non-existent problems.

[Brandon]

yeah, I don't see anything wrong there.

[Deke]

Thanks for the helo, guys. I think the problem was yesterday was in the upper 70s, the first Saturday of the year and everyone wanted oil changes.

The guy who usually does my cars is pretty handy - he's done all the work on his Ram Air Trans AM with 125 HP Nitrous, etc. and he's never steered me wrong before with any other issues I've had. I'll try going back when they're not so busy and he isn't being pulled all over the shop....


I figured the plug would be oversized since the car is 18,,,oops, 19 years old. I wonder how many oil changes have been done in that amount of time?


Deke

[87_crown_vic]

they can cut off the plastic washer/plug gasket and get wrench on there. change the drain PLUGS... there are 2 of them... and get your oil change done. they couldnt get a wrench on it because the gasket mushroomed out probly from being overtightened.

[p71towny]

WTF that plug looked normal. Real mechanic and new nylon washer will solve your woes. Or, buy new plugs, put your old ones in a sock and smack the old mechanic with sock.

[Lincolnmania]

i replace the drain plugs when the threads start to get sharp........3 bucks for a new drain plug is cheap insurance.......also sometime in 89 they switched to a metric drain plug so beware.......older box drain plugs are 1/2-20 thread

[Archangel]

Eh, fuck the nylon washer, I used some rubber-coated steel washers at first, but have since then upgraded to copper gaskets - no leaks whatsoever, just don't reef on them to hard cause you can strip the pan.

[mrltd]

Holy crap what a bunch of retards. The only possible (non retarded) reason they wouldn't do that is if the drain plugs were oversized. At jiffy lube it's a loosely enforced policy that we did not service cars with oversized plugs.

[Archangel]

Why not?

[Pirate]

If this problem persists, and the entire mechanic population of your area insists that they can't change the oil due to 'magical' oil pan plugs, call a couple of transmission shops to see if they do engine oil changes (I don't know of any that won't do engine oil changes, as it's also an opportunity to make a tranny rebuild sale, lol), as they have a vacuum tank that they suction tranny fluid out with....through the dipstick tube.

[91waggin]

If this problem persists, and the entire mechanic population of your area insists that they can't change the oil due to 'magical' oil pan plugs, call a couple of transmission shops to see if they do engine oil changes (I don't know of any that won't do engine oil changes, as it's also an opportunity to make a tranny rebuild sale, lol), as they have a vacuum tank that they suction tranny fluid out with....through the dipstick tube.

that'll only get the oil out of the front part of the pan