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Oct 2nd, 2021, 06:33 | #51 | |
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That sump plug looks rounded off enough to find another nut that would slip over quite neatly, then weld through the hole with an arc welder. I don't know whether you have an arc welder or not - but they are pretty common and if you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself there will be a chap nearby able to do it for not a lot of money. It would be a 5 minute job if you had already found a nut that fits and for someone with their kit already set up. Have a good holiday. Alan
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agree on a vertical plug your a bit Too close to "the lovely road surface" never mind "speed bumps" (why the fog they can not teach kids "cars are on roads cars hurt" and get shot of the things, and IF plod did its job re speeding in residential areas even less BS "need" for the horrible things)
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Oct 2nd, 2021, 14:25 | #54 | |
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Dig up the speed humps and use the recovered material to fill in all the poxy potholes! Another expensive exercise that has recently cost me two new tyres and would have cost me another £80 for two wheel alignment adjustments except for the fact i have a Trrackace and do it myself now.
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Oct 2nd, 2021, 14:34 | #55 |
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There is nothing wrong with the standard sump plug - if torqued correctly - which in ilmoint's case, I'm sure it will be. My previous V40 did 370,000mls and still on the original plug and still perfectly serviceable - oil changed every 5-7000mls, so it had seen some use. Torqued correctly everytime as with the filter housing. One of the joys of working on your own car is you set your own standards. In the words of Henry Royce: whatsoever rightly done, however humble, is noble.
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edit: I quite often buy two washers, one to fit and one for the glovebox ready for next time when I buy a filter and forget to buy a washer
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Oct 3rd, 2021, 10:12 | #57 |
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Another possibility is that someone has used a thread locking liquid:~
Unnecessary under normal circumstances but it can happen- heat will have to be applied to breakdown the seal- a plumbers gas torch will suffice. Bob. |
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Often this overtightening and resultant squashing forces the washer to "lock" the thread which has been made worse by some chimp using the wrong sized spanner on the OPs sump plug. That's a possibility but given there would have been oil present in the sump threads, probably wouldn't have worked.
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Oct 3rd, 2021, 18:56 | #59 |
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Plenty of thread lock liquids that will tolerate oils Dave- I've also used low torque types on oily threads by cleaning off with cellulose thinners first, worked fine.
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Just my ideas. Alan
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