Ben huot wrote:

> Same for me, the oil drain plug is somewhat fragile, my van as 140k km and
> it was strip for a long time before I decided to drilled and tap a new
> heli-coil.
>
> The new heli-coil started leaking after only 5000km!!! I remove the
> heli-coil and put a new one with a LOCKTITE product and it still leak a bit
> today. The solution is to apply a small coat of soft silicone on the drain
> plug each time I do an oil change.
>
> Be very careful when tightening the bolt.
>
> Regards, Ben

Why couldn't you just tap the hole larger and use a matching plug and
washer?

Just curious; I just got a rebuilt 2.1L case and the oil plug has been
heli-coiled.

Joetentpeg
85 GL