Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:33:36 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Organization: Cosmic Reminders
Subject: Re: Oil plug
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But you don't use a torque wrench on vanagon drain plugs ..right ?
No one does.
not that I ever heard ofanyway.
On 7/10/2013 12:23 AM, Aristotle Sagan wrote:
> I also don't strip out the plug.
>
> On the equipment I do tighten steel into aluminum ($350K robotic systems),
> damned straight we use torque wrenches and they do have specs.
>
> tim in san jose
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>wrote:
>
>> If it's in a book somewhere it's probably 18 to 23 ft lbs, would be my
>> guess.
>> and yet..
>> in 50 years of nearly full time car repair I have never heard of anyone using
>> a torque wrench on a drain plug.
>> It's not the standard..
>> 'just right by hand' is the standard.
>>
>> Do YOU tighten your drain plugs with a torque wrench ?
>> if so..first time I've ever heard of anyone doing it.
>>
>> and there are a few techs that make everything 'gorilla tight' ......and
>> very incorrectly.
>>
>> On 7/9/2013 11:33 PM, Aristotle Sagan wrote:
>>
>> Did you ask them what torque spec they tightened it to?
>> Expect blank looks on their faces.
>>
>> tim in san jose
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>wrote:
>>
>>
>> yup..
>> that happens sometimes.
>> Not too commonly.
>> One of the vanagons I have cared for over the last few years has that
>> issue.
>> 50 others do not.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/9/2013 11:00 PM, C Snyder wrote:
>>
>>
>> I had an almost bad experience today with my 1987 Vanagon's oil plug.
>>
>>
>> I had taken it to where I usually take my van for repairs and oil
>> changes. In a short while they came and told me that when they went to
>> replace the oil plug, the plug stripped out in the bottom of the engine. I
>> really do not understand this as I have never had any problems with the
>> plug. they said that since that plug has been taken out so many times, that
>> because it is aluminum, and the plug is steel that some times they will
>> strip out the threads.
>>
>>
>> To fix it, they were able to put in an over sized "Piggy back" oil plug.
>> It seems to be ding fine but, am just wondering if any one else has ever
>> had this type of problem as I have been on this list several years but,
>> have never heard it mentioned here before.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any ones opinion on this.
>>
>>
>> Chris S.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in which
>> case, you ain't got there yet.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in which
> case, you ain't got there yet.
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