Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: andycuk71 on 10 May 2007, 12:01:06
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Trying to undo a sump plug with a star drive socket but it is not coming out just spinning help please
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Do you mean the bit is spinning in the plug, or that the plug is turning but not coming out?
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Plug is turning but not coming out
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Sounds like something has lost its thread - hopefully the plug.
Can you grip it with something - mole grips or big pliers etc and encourage it downwards as you rotate it. You need to find a way of pulling on it as you unscrew it.
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Plug is turning but not coming out
Hmmm, been there. In my case, sump was stripped :(
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Any tips for getting it out??
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Tried to pull down on it but can not get a good enough grip plug just spinning. >:( >:(
Am I going to have to take the sump pan off to sort this if so any idea how to drain oil????
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I cut out my copper washer, so I could get under bolt (tractors still use older style plugs). Did a little damage to sump, which I need to fix.
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Are these sump plugs steal? If they are then have a smaller nut welded to the sump plug which will allow you to grip with moles and pull down whilst rotating the actual sump plug with a spanner. This i learnt on an Escort one day many moons ago.
If its an alloy then forget above :-[
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Can you get anything between the plug and the sump? Flat bladed screwdriever for example, to provide gentle encouragement.
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and blast it with plus gas too.....may just be gunge and shavings stopping it from being released
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Sorry to be thick but what is plus gas??
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Sorry to be thick but what is plus gas??
sorry its a brand - hard to find but dam good - basically a penetrating fluid. Probably wont help too much but at this stage worth a skoosh ;)
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I replaced my sump pan on my V6 a while back after I hit a slightly raised manhole (in Bolton :( ) which ripped out the sump plug
For sump reason the steel sump plug screws into an aluminium insert that is pressed into the steel sump pan. All in all it cost me about £50 inc an oil change to sort it.
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Sorry to be thick but what is plus gas??
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So you can't just go to the stores and book a tin out? I can :y ;D
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Sorry to be thick but what is plus gas??
sorry its a brand - hard to find but dam good - basically a penetrating fluid. Probably wont help too much but at this stage worth a skoosh ;)
Sorry to ask but, why would you want to use penetrating oil on a thread that is in a sump full of oil? :o
8-)
DaveL
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thanks for all the pearls of wisdom but we have got the plug out yet to see what damage has been done to the sump but the plug was stripped of thread hoping that the sump itself is ok. We just kept placing large screw drivers into the gaps that were appearing as we undid the plug only downside was my mate got a face and mouthful of oil........... but at least it was not me!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
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You need to get the sump thread cleaned up then, sometimes you can simply pick out the thread remains with some tweezers or similar..........sounds like who ever did the last oil change over tightened the sump plug then....