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Originally Posted by lupindub
So it ended up being the most obvious place oil might leak from - drain plug. So after changing the gasket TWICE (two fresh ones), I have concluded it is not the gasket improperly seating and something with either the oil pan or the bolt itself. From the looks of it, there are no cracks in the oil pan and the drain plug seems to have no cracks in it either. Now I usually know what a stripped thread feels like but is this somehow a possibility? Like the threads are all boogered up but I can still torque it down? I'm honestly lost on this and if all else fails I guess I'll have to replace the oil pan?
P.S - At this point I don't feel like doing any shade tree fixes like putting crap on the threads to stop it from leaking, putting in a bigger sized plug, etc.
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Well, if the drain plug had been cross threaded while being put in at one time, it may be not seating squarely and the crush washer can't take up the slack. It would still torque down but leak.
If the threads are "straight" you should be able to screw it all the way in with your fingers. If you can't do that, their is a chance the it has been cross threaded.
So, since you don't want to goop it up with plumbers putty you could use plumbers tape (jest ah messen wich ya).
A new drain plug, new gasket and new oil pan ....... will fix it up first class ....
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