I use Pela 6000 extraction device in my TDI Beetle with good results. I used it once on my WBX and learned you can not use the oil check tube and have to go through oil filler tube. On 12/14/08, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Yes, I found Time-Cert on Google last night, and agree it looks like a > great solution but the cost for a kit is quite a hurdle. There is a > place near here that specializes in air-cooled VWs and buggys, I wonder > if they would be able to do this for me at a lower cost. > > The other thing I considered was just retapping the hole, installing the > heli-coil, and then using a "suction" method to extract oil for future > changes and never have to open that drain plug again. I don't know how > practical this is with the WBX motor; it is the recommended way to > change oil on many modern engines (probably in part to avoid this exact > problem). > > Allan > > > Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> writes: > >> Allan, since oil is such a critical component of engine life, a >> permanent and proper repair is in order. I use Time-cert threaded >> inserts for my repairs and they work very well and eliminate the >> possibility of this happening again (you will have to strip out a >> piece of steel instead of aluminum). However the Timesert kit costs >> over $100 so it is not very economical for a single repair. In that >> case you can buy a heli-coil kit from Harbor Freight for less than >> $30. What you are looking for is 14mm with a 1.5mm thread pitch. The >> kit comes with a couple helicoils and the tools to do the job (you may >> have to buy a drill bit the proper size though). Once you do this >> repair the right way you will never have to worry about it again. >> Losing your oil drain plug going down the road is a nightmare >> scenario. Don't let it happen to you! >> >> If you need any parts please let me know. >> >> Ken Wilford >> John 3:16 >> www.vanagain.com >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > + in the body of the message. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Sent from my mobile device Chris S. Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur" ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON + in the body of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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