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Car Forum / Honda Cars / August 200491 Accord Can't loosen drain plug
I bouhgt a used Accord. Previous owner took to mechanic for oil changes. How can I remove drain plug w/o stripping it? It is on VERY tight >I bouhgt a used Accord. Previous owner took to If worse come to worse you may have to take a chisel and hammer, put the chisel at an angle on the edge of the plug and hit with hammer. You will need to replace the plug. I have also drilled a small hole in the plug and then make a bigger hole until the plug is thin on the sides. Than take a sharp prick punch and turn it out. >>I bouhgt a used Accord. Previous owner took to > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > then make a bigger hole until the plug is thin on the sides. Than take a > sharp prick punch and turn it out. Before going that route, I'd get a 6-point, 1/2" drive, 18mm socket (it's 18mm on my '03 Accord, best to verify this) and use a 1/2" breaker bar. Make sure you're turning it the right way (counter clockwise as you face it) - I can't remember ever stripping anything taking it out (but make *sure* you're not tightening it). Be sure you use a new crush washer. If you want to play it very cautiously, get a new drain plug before you start. > Before going that route, I'd get a 6-point, 1/2" drive, 18mm socket > (it's 18mm on my '03 Accord, best to verify this) and use a 1/2" breaker [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > washer. If you want to play it very cautiously, get a new drain plug > before you start. Wait! It's a 17mm not an 18mm. all hondas use a 17mm, acuras too. if it truly is an 18 it's been replaced. a 17 is the only wrench i keep in my oil drain bucket, and i work for honda. Chip >>Before going that route, I'd get a 6-point, 1/2" drive, 18mm socket >>(it's 18mm on my '03 Accord, best to verify this) and use a 1/2" breaker [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > if it truly is an 18 it's been replaced. a 17 is the only wrench i > keep in my oil drain bucket, and i work for honda. My 2 previous Integras had 17mm drain bolts, but the drain bolt in my '03 Accord sedan I-4 takes an 18mm socket. I was surprised and had to slither out from under the car because I had taken a 17mm under with me. My sisters 99 civic is 14mm for the drain plug. I thought it was weird too... t > >>I bouhgt a used Accord. Previous owner took to > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > washer. If you want to play it very cautiously, get a new drain plug > before you start. Good advice above! Also, make sure your new crush washer is made of Aluminum, NOT Copper, because Copper work-hardens and it only takes a couple of oil changes to render it ineffective and it won't seal properly. Aluminum doesn't work harden. It's worth replacing the washer each time you do an oil change anyway, in my opinion. HTH Cheers Mike the Kiwi > >I bouhgt a used Accord. Previous owner took to > If worse come to worse you may have to take a chisel and hammer, put the > chisel at an angle on the edge of the plug and hit with hammer. You will > need to replace the plug. I have also drilled a small hole in the plug and > then make a bigger hole until the plug is thin on the sides. Than take a > sharp prick punch and turn it out. Great advice. I banged it a few times with a hammer and it easily came off. I filled the crankcase up with four quarts of Citgo 5w30 oil which was on Sale for 80 cents a quart. Next I installed a 1.97 wal mart oil filter. total was 5.17. The quick lube joint is charging 27 bux these days. I treated myself to a few brews with the cash I saved > I bouhgt a used Accord. Previous owner took to mechanic for oil changes. > How can I remove drain plug w/o stripping it? It is on VERY tight =================== Richard, It went on with a socket wrench, on a HOT engine. That's how it has to come off too. Right to tight . . Left to loose. 'Curly' > > I bouhgt a used Accord. Previous owner took to mechanic for oil changes. > > How can I remove drain plug w/o stripping it? It is on VERY tight [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > 'Curly' I still only keep a 17 in my bucket. and it fits every honda made with the factory plug. Chip "Richard G"... > I bouhgt a used Accord. Previous owner took to mechanic for oil changes. > How can I remove drain plug w/o stripping it? It is on VERY tight You might have hear this on the NET whatever you do. DO NOT do what some idiot kid did to his Dodge SRT: His solution was to take down the filter, then turn engine.....and as he said made a fecking mess. He became the laughing stock og the NET. |
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