Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:47:11 -0600
Reply-To: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
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From: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Oil plug
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How about providing a link ~ thanks
On 11 Jul , 2013, at 1:01 PM, Stacy Schneider wrote:
> Look on Samba . There is a guy who sells extended length plugs .
> Every water boxer engine should have one of these in it. . The
> original plug is too short . Best $9.00 I've spent in a long time.
>
> -Stacy
>
> On 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
>>> >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.
>>>
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