Oil Drain Plug stripped pan

[JRiveraS]

I need help here. My drain plug is holding on to the pan I don't know how. I am afraid it will come out at anytime now.
What should I do? redo the pan's thread and adapt a bigger plug? or maybe just buy a new pan and the heck with the old one?
Is there another alternative?
Help!

jrs

[renobruce]

As a temporary fix, you might try wrapping the bolt with teflon tape. I have heard you can buy slightly oversized drain plugs, but I'm not sure. Anyone?

[ruddy]

Seach for a thread on oversized self-tapping drain plugs. As I recall, at least one of the posters said Napa carried them.

[Baatfam]

Heli-coil....I know the make 'em that big 'cause my drag bike was done by the PO.

Bob T.

[Billy Ricks]

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...p/t-71861.html

[renobruce]

Billy,
Was your original plug a 1.25 thread? Looks like you used a 1.5 thread oversize.

[Billy Ricks]

Billy,
Was your original plug a 1.25 thread? Looks like you used a 1.5 thread oversize.

It may have been. It wasn't something oddball that made a conventional fix a bit of a bother.

[Jethro]

You can get temporary plugs at most auto stores. It's basically a big rubber plug- looks kinda pornographic...

I had one in there for about 10k miles:shock: worked fine. Do that until you have the time to pull the drain pan and heli-coil it (I suggest winter)

[nichols750]

just had the same thing happen on mine,
went to autozone they had single and double oversize drain plugs available, just take in your old one and they should be able to match you up an oversized, self tapping one. then just take your time putting it in and you are good as new, without all the headache of a helicoil.