The auto parts stores around her like Murray's sell them. I believe they are under the "Help" brand.
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The auto parts stores around her like Murray's sell them. I believe they are under the "Help" brand.
Yep, but if I get it from the yard I don't have to wait for it to be shipped. Instant gratification ;)
As a cheapskate, I would personally be more apt to drill and retap the old pan for a larger plug than to replace the whole pan. A new pan could be as much as ten or twenty dollars.
--scott
I considered it but I think that once I drilled out the helicoil-style repair insert, I would have to find a freaking huge tap and bolt. Like more than 21mm. The cost of the tap would be at least half the cost of a new pan. Of course if you already have the tap then that's a different story.
I think I might have been able to fix it by sealing the inside of the repair insert, either with RTV or JB Weld or something. But if I'm pulling the pan off anyway, I might as well spend the $20 on a new pan to make sure I don't have to pull it off yet again the next day.
I concur. Put a *new* or somesuch in there instead of fudging about with the leaking one. Labor is the issue here, not parts costs.
Lg
Sounds like you need an enema. FLEET is the brand I recommend, and it's inexpensive.
I second the recommendation. However, when I was a kid, one of the neighbors attempted to siphon gasoline from his tank with a vacuum cleaner. He was surprisingly uninjured although his hair was singed a little and the vacuum cleaner would never be the same again.
--scott
Isn't human skin porous? It bends nothing better than skin. :)
an item that should do the something only better is a tube of SEAL ALL from WallyWorld for a buck.
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As far as a leak around the oil pan drain plug is concerned, just replace the oil pan (use a new gasket, of course). Inexpensive, plus a lot more reliable than any glue could ever be.
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