A number of years ago, I bought a cool oil pan drain plug from Pep Boys that had
a locking valve on it.  To drain the oil, you'd simply unlock and open the
valve.  Unfortunately, when I sold the car I had installed it on, the valve went
with it.  I wonder if one can get such a valve for the Vanagons?

Marc Perdue

Mark Dorm wrote:

> Sump screen?? I have a 1991... never heard of the sump screen...
>
> I've never used more than one crush washer for the oil drain plug
>
> Or you mean one crush washer pertains to the nut holding the sump screen
> where ever that is...
>
> Fram is selling a set up that replaces the oil drain plug and allows you to
> attach a hose to the replacement piece for the drain plug, so you can drain
> you oil and not worry about the wind making you environmently unfriendly...
> not sure if it fits the vanagon...
>
> >From: Vanagon man <vgonman@MSN.COM>
> >
> >They did not do anything wrong in my opinion....
> >
> >It seems weird that you could just add oil and it not keep leaking..sort of
> >like it was fixed.
> >
> >If there is a huge dump of oil from around the oil filter area, there is a
> >big o-ring that goes above the oil cooler.  That deteriorates over time and
> >it leaks like a sieve when that happens.  But, that is not a procedure that
> >is part of every oil change, by any means.
> >
> >An oil change on you or van consists of
> >
> >oil filter
> >oil
> >cleaning sump screen
> >new paper gaskets for that screen
> >2 crush washers for the drain plug and the nut that holds the screen in.
> >
> >
> >
> >Adam P
> >81  Westy "The Brick "
> >70 Single Cab "Whitey"
> >74 Beetle "Ol Yeller"
> >73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop)
> >1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg
> >1976 Transporter (New CA bus)
> >1974 412 "Goldmember"
> >Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled)
>
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