Tuesday, December 22, 2009

How to loosing a dense Oil Drain plug from an oil pan if a wrench or socket wrench won't work?

This is related to a 2006 Toyota Corolla CE.How to loosing a dense Oil Drain plug from an oil pan if a wrench or socket wrench won't work?
You may have to remove the oil pan completely. This is done my unbolting one side. Then with something to catch the oil unbolt the two adjoining sides until the oil flows out. Then undo the remaining edge. Also make sure that the engine oil is not warm as this could burn you easily. After you have removed the pan from the car you may have to use something like a gator grip to get it out. At worse you would need to drill the bolt out and retap the hole.How to loosing a dense Oil Drain plug from an oil pan if a wrench or socket wrench won't work?
spray down the bolt with a penetrating oil like pb blaster or wd40. you can also slip a pipe over a socket wrench to gain more leverage in breaking the bolt free. or you could use a breaker bar.





however, my favorite method is slipping a socket wrench over the bolt and leaving the wrench at angle towards the ground. then slide a floor jack under the wrench and use the jack to push the wrench in the desired direction
First pick up a new oil drain plug from a Toyota dealer. Then use a pair of locking pliers (Visegrips) to grasp %26amp; remove the stuck plug.


Drain the oil.


Toss out the old plug.


Put in the new one - do not overtighten.


Add oil.
If all else fails,drill a hole through it,then file opposite sides and hammer in a chisel,then use a pipe wrench on the chisel to undo..
What do you mean by ';dense';? Thick?
air hammer
try a good pair of vise grips
do yu smell what the rock is cooking

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