oil drain plug

**manilet** · January 7th, 2010 12:04 PM

mga bosing, ano ba maganda gawin sa meron tagas na oil drain plug. tipong loose thread e. thx.

**Taurus** · January 7th, 2010 01:00 PM

What thread is loosed, is it on the plug or on the tank?

Just replace the plug if it is the one then replace the gasket.

**jick.cejoco** · January 7th, 2010 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by manilet

mga bosing, ano ba maganda gawin sa meron tagas na oil drain plug. tipong loose thread e. thx.

there are available replacement oversized drain plugs aftermarket. the other option is to take it to a machine shop and rethread to the next npt (national pipe thread) size and use an oversized drain plug matching the new drain plug hole. next time, do not overtorque the drain plug, snug it with a six inch box wrench

**manilet** · January 8th, 2010 06:50 PM

maraming salamat po sa inyong 2. i think the loose thread is on the tank.

**4JGtootsie** · January 9th, 2010 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by manilet

maraming salamat po sa inyong 2. i think the loose thread is on the tank.

We call it oil pan.
Madalas nagyayari yan kasi over tighten ng lube boys.
Tama si Jick you can machine, you can also buy a new or a good surplus.
Stand by mo na before your next oil change.

**manilet** · January 11th, 2010 09:32 AM

Thx everyone.

**ferddie** · February 6th, 2019 11:10 AM

Hello! I had my oil change sa Shell Station lang (first time outside of CASA) and they said that its ok to reuse the drain plug and gasket during the oil change. This is when I ask them diba you should replace the gasket before you screw it back? I'm worried since reading posts here that you should change the gasket every oil change. Will it really result to loose thread down the road or succeeding oil changes?

**12vdc** · February 6th, 2019 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by ferddie

Hello! I had my oil change sa Shell Station lang (first time outside of CASA) and they said that its ok to reuse the drain plug and gasket during the oil change. This is when I ask them diba you should replace the gasket before you screw it back? I'm worried since reading posts here that you should change the gasket every oil change. Will it really result to loose thread down the road or succeeding oil changes?

For peace of mind, just replace the gasket on your next change oil. For the mean time, check for leaks. it will cause loose thread if it was overtightened and backyard mechanics are notorious for doing that, they don't know the tool called torque wrench and even if they know, the torque settings is not usually written on the manuel.

**oj88** · February 6th, 2019 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by ferddie

Hello! I had my oil change sa Shell Station lang (first time outside of CASA) and they said that its ok to reuse the drain plug and gasket during the oil change. This is when I ask them diba you should replace the gasket before you screw it back? I'm worried since reading posts here that you should change the gasket every oil change. Will it really result to loose thread down the road or succeeding oil changes?

It should be single-use only. You might get away with reusing it a couple of times but they're so cheap that there's really no excuse not to replace them every time. A 10-pack from Lazada is just around P200.

**ferddie** · February 6th, 2019 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by 12vdc

For peace of mind, just replace the gasket on your next change oil. For the mean time, check for leaks. it will cause loose thread if it was overtightened and backyard mechanics are notorious for doing that, they don't know the tool called torque wrench and even if they know, the torque settings is not usually written on the manuel.

Hinde naman po nag leleak ngayon. Saan po ba mas ok na place for oil change where you can just bring all the parts and just pay for the labor and where the mechanics know what they are doing.