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Sump Plug
« on: 10 May 2007, 12:01:06 »
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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Re: Sump Plug
« Reply #1 on: 10 May 2007, 12:13:54 »
Do you mean the bit is spinning in the plug, or that the plug is turning but not coming out?
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Re: Sump Plug
« Reply #2 on: 10 May 2007, 12:15:58 »
Plug is turning but not coming out
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Re: Sump Plug
« Reply #3 on: 10 May 2007, 12:25:18 »
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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Re: Sump Plug
« Reply #4 on: 10 May 2007, 12:27:51 »
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Plug is turning but not coming out
Hmmm, been there. In my case, sump was stripped :(
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Re: Sump Plug
« Reply #5 on: 10 May 2007, 12:41:26 »
Any tips for getting it out??
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Re: Sump Plug
« Reply #6 on: 10 May 2007, 12:58:51 »
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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Re: Sump Plug
« Reply #7 on: 10 May 2007, 13:00:19 »
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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Re: Sump Plug
« Reply #8 on: 10 May 2007, 13:55:09 »
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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Re: Sump Plug
« Reply #9 on: 10 May 2007, 15:00:34 »
Can you get anything between the plug and the sump? Flat bladed screwdriever for example, to provide gentle encouragement.
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Re: Sump Plug
« Reply #10 on: 10 May 2007, 15:30:02 »
and blast it with plus gas too.....may just be gunge and shavings stopping it from being released
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Re: Sump Plug
« Reply #11 on: 10 May 2007, 17:55:49 »
Sorry to be thick but what is plus gas??
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Re: Sump Plug
« Reply #12 on: 10 May 2007, 18:05:58 »
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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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Re: Sump Plug
« Reply #13 on: 10 May 2007, 23:04:04 »
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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Re: Sump Plug
« Reply #14 on: 10 May 2007, 23:06:15 »
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Sorry to be thick but what is plus gas??

 - hard to find but dam good -

So you can't just go to the stores and book a tin out? I can :y  ;D
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