How to Fix Oil Drain Plug Leak in Your Car

Oil drain plug leak. How to fix a leaking oil drain plug in your car, DIY with Scotty Kilmer. How to install an oversized drain plug. Many times people tighten the plugs too much and strip the metal on the oil pan. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 50 years.

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[seano]

I just fixed my loose drain plug. Thank you! The shop I went to recently quoted around 300 bucks to replace the entire drain pan. The oversized plug cost about six dollars.. Took about 45 minutes total including purchasing the drain plug pan and extra oil. Thanks again!!

[TJ-qzhr]

Damn!! I’ve been watching Scotty for 7 years!

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[scottykilmer]

only if the engine has a lot of sludge when you look into the valve cover. Normally just changing it is fine.

[chingybrejin]

scotty scotty scotty...I will go to Canadian tire tm and try this as my 04 honda civic oil pan leaking cuz the mechanic tighten it up too much...will update after its done, thanks for the video

[kevhollywoodgamer]

Hey Scotty I just bought 2004 Chrysler Sebring my first non-asian car. Day three it's already dripping oil. So I was able to keep bringing home Jack it up and I turned the bolt and it was loose and it would not tighten so that I loosened it more took forever to get it off there got a new Bolt still the same problem it's got to be rethreaded but I don't want to go to scam artist mechanic and they say I need a whole new oil pan gasket which will charge like a million dollars

[scottykilmer]

get it scanned with a real machine as in my video "fixing modern cars using high level scan computers" cause any problem in the vehicle can turn that traction light on, it's a software design so any problem will shut off the trac system.

[scottykilmer]

the oil was only a week old, that's why it was leaking, the guy screwed up the job

[gitnote]

And where do the metal shavings from the re-threading go?

[paulsalas]

Do you know of a auto parts website to purchase the m14-1.5 oversize bolt? My local store dont sell them

[gfasdf]

work for motorcycle too? I have the leak problem, when i removed the bolt, it turned out the previous owner over torqued the drain bolt.

[stephenimsong]

To be safe I go ahead once the oil is out back in, drain and dump in fresh oil. That way any small shavings don’t end up in your engine from the cutting

[JuanRamirez-gudh]

that's one solution. you could of also used a piggy back drain plug (pretty similar) but without having to remove the main plug off every time for an oil change OR could have used a butterfly drain plug. should have changed the oil scotty

[hunterjohnson]

Where do you get this oversized drain plug

[SomeDudeOnline]

Scotty Kilmer I've got to fix my car tomorrow so idk if I'll get a response in time but if I've got a leaking drain plug is there anything else that could've caused it? Would replacing it with a standard drain plug work or simply do nothing? Also, how risky is it to do this procedure? I'd hate to give it a shot and really screw it up.

[zerohunter]

one electric is 16" and the other is 10" aftermarket thin profile

[cozmecblast]

Can i use that oversized drain bolt to cut new threads and use it as my new plug ??

[jocboii]

Scotty my oil drain plug broke. I usually take it to walk mart n used an impact gun to remove it now it broke completely off

[kreed]

i have an 06 honda civic. my stock drain plug size is 14mm-1.25. what size drain plug do i need to get for it to seal right. the guy at the autoparts store had never heard of an oversize drain plug. no help at all