Superglue oil leak fix

The auto parts stores around her like Murray's sell them. I believe they are under the "Help" brand.

Reply to
Al Bundy
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Yep, but if I get it from the yard I don't have to wait for it to be shipped. Instant gratification ;)

Reply to
tylernt

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

Reply to
Scott Dorsey

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.

Reply to
tylernt

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

Reply to
Lawrence Glickman

Sounds like you need an enema. FLEET is the brand I recommend, and it's inexpensive.

Reply to
Lawrence Glickman

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

Reply to
Scott Dorsey

Isn't human skin porous? It bends nothing better than skin. :)

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Tom Staresinic

Reply to
Lambert Moonen

an item that should do the something only better is a tube of SEAL ALL from WallyWorld for a buck.

mho v=83e

Reply to
fiveiron

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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Papa

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