2000 v6 Oil Pan replacement and parts

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May 13, 2014 | 06:06 PM

#11

kris_loehr

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From: Chesterfield MI 48047

All the stripped drain plugs I have worked on have been just the threads on the plug itself that have failed.

May 14, 2014 | 07:12 AM

#12

JimBlake

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From: Wisconsin

With a steel plug & an aluminum pan, it can easily be the pan that's stripped. Still, tapping it to a larger size sounds reasonable.

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