Thanks for the info - i have more factoids:

1. mechanic buddy who worked on vw's in one of his
lives:  warm engine -- put icecube(s) on oil plug 2
cool it - then try again

2. shop mechanic: $40-50 to drill it out, helicoil a
new thread set into the hole - restore to factory
original plug..

Whadda u think?

Thanks,
Tony

--- Joel Walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > So, I understand from here my alternatives are:
> > 1. leave it in there and drain the oil through the
> oil
> > screen
> >  -- Appreciate directions on how to do that - and
> does
> > it empty all the old oil?
>
> uh ... the watercools ain't got no 'oil screen' ...
> that was only on
> the aircools. :(
> your only alternative would be to get one of those
> suck-it-out-via-the-oil-filler-neck deals ... and
> no, that would not
> get all the oil. :(
>
> > 2. Take it to my local vw garage, and have em get
> it
> > out and put in a helicoil (heard this is around
> $80
> > ????)
>
> well ... they could try to weld a bar onto the drain
> plug ... that
> should give enough leverage to get it out.
> hopefully, it's not a
> reverse thread now!! :(  most of the helicoil cost
> is the labor, so
> figure at least an hour of labor plus the part ...
>
> can't figure why it won't come out ... unless it was
> put in there with
> an air impact wrench! :(
>
>
>

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