Oil Drain Plug Gasket installation
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Re: Oil Drain Plug Gasket installation
Rev. Tom Wenndt wrote:
> You have me laughing at that, because often I have accused "fast oil change"
> mechanics of using the occasion to tighten the drain plug to do their
> chin-up exercises - it is unbelievable how tight that drain plug is when
> anybody other than me does the oil change.
>
> Usually I only use two or three fingers on the wrench.
>
> But still, if I forget to change that O-ring (which I have done twice), they
> have leaked.
I re-used the washer on my 4 cylinder Sonata as I didn't have one for
the first oil change. No leak at all. I bought a bag with the case of
filters I ordered online, but I don't see any problem re-using them a
few times. The washer on my Chevy truck is the OEM washer and has been
through 18 changes now.
Matt
> You have me laughing at that, because often I have accused "fast oil change"
> mechanics of using the occasion to tighten the drain plug to do their
> chin-up exercises - it is unbelievable how tight that drain plug is when
> anybody other than me does the oil change.
>
> Usually I only use two or three fingers on the wrench.
>
> But still, if I forget to change that O-ring (which I have done twice), they
> have leaked.
I re-used the washer on my 4 cylinder Sonata as I didn't have one for
the first oil change. No leak at all. I bought a bag with the case of
filters I ordered online, but I don't see any problem re-using them a
few times. The washer on my Chevy truck is the OEM washer and has been
through 18 changes now.
Matt
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