Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:oil drain threads stripped
From:Allan Streib
Date:Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:37:26 -0500

Changing the oil tonight in my WBX.  When I first got the van, the plug
bolt installed had too large a head and I had to grind down a socket to
fit.  So I ordered the correct plug and crush washer, and was going to
install it but found that I could barely get it beyond finger tight --
it just keeps turning.  So, it would seem the threads in the case are
stripped out.  Would Heli-Coil be a good way to address this, or just
get one of those expandable rubber plugs instead?

Allan
--
1991 Vanagon GL

------------------------------------------------------------
+    To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to
+    listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON
+    in the body of the message.
------------------------------------------------------------