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Replace oil today only

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Went to change my oil today only to find the dealer must have stripped the oil drain plug!

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Use 3 foot breaker bar

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I once had to use a 3 foot breaker bar to remove the filter canister on a 996 - I guess Tommy Torque got to that one too.

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Use allen 8mm wrench

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Did you use an allen 8mm wrench?

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Use high quality 8mm allen key), i was unable

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When I attempted to drain the oil out of my 3.4, (using a high quality 8mm allen key), I was unable to loosen the plug.

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Use piece of pipe over the allen key

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I put a LOT of torque on the plug, using a piece of pipe over the allen key, but stopped short of rounding the hex.

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Replace oil today only

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Suggestion · Original poster

Went to change my oil today only to find the dealer must have stripped the oil drain plug!

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Oil change woes

Use 3 foot breaker bar

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I once had to use a 3 foot breaker bar to remove the filter canister on a 996 - I guess Tommy Torque got to that one too.

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Use allen 8mm wrench

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Suggestion

Did you use an allen 8mm wrench?

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Use high quality 8mm allen key), i was unable

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Suggestion

When I attempted to drain the oil out of my 3.4, (using a high quality 8mm allen key), I was unable to loosen the plug.

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Oil change woes

Use piece of pipe over the allen key

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I put a LOT of torque on the plug, using a piece of pipe over the allen key, but stopped short of rounding the hex.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Went to change my oil today only to find the dealer must have stripped the oil drain plug! Morons!! I guess I will let my mechanic deal with it, I dont have the desire too. It's a good thing I ordered a new plug when I got my filters.

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of course

POST 4Original post

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3308

POST 5Original post

I am not surprised to hear this. When I attempted to drain the oil out of my 3.4, (using a high quality 8mm allen key), I was unable to loosen the plug. I put a LOT of torque on the plug, using a piece of pipe over the allen key, but stopped short of rounding the hex. Whoever tightened this plug the last time certainly over torqued it. Is this a typical situation, I wonder? ...Rickker

POST 6Original post

Drain plug is 37 ftlb. of torque and the filter canister is 19 ftlb. I once had to use a 3 foot breaker bar to remove the filter canister on a 996 - I guess Tommy Torque got to that one too.

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