Hello again guys,

first of all thanks for all the tips with https://www.audiforums.com/m_915973/tm.htm...

I got a problem, I and neither Jiffy Lube could open my oil drain plug, there is a sealant around it. It really looks like JB Weld stuff. If it is JB Weld what would you recomend to do?

BTW: I'm taking the car to a recomended Service shop on Monday until than I searching for an answer. I got the car in an auction (previous owner couldn't pay the payments on the car so the bank auctioned it). I do not have previous owners name Looking into it as well.

 

jbweld.net How can I remove J-B Weld after it is fully cured? A: When fully cured, J-B Weld can only be removed by grinding or filing it off, or by directly heating the product above the 600 degree maximum temperature threshold.

That scares me.

 

you can't get JB weld off. it would be called JB glue if you could. a new oil pan is the easiest way to fx your problem. i doubt anybody would put JB weld on the drain plug though, that's just asking for trouble. idk if you would like to heat you oil pan to 600 degrees too.

 

That SUCKS dude!

Looks like you might be buying an oil pan.

I love when some a-hole messes up and hacks it together. They couldn't have used a friggen time-sert?!? If you get the plug out, use a new plug and a time-sert.

 

Has anyone ever changed their oil using the oil return plug?

 

many garages use a sump pump which extracts the old oil from the dip stick pipe ( not the best way by any means ) but if they do it while flushing then it better than the drain plug because it get all the crap out ( expensive dealer toy ) and you pay for it, you could heat the drain plug till the weld crap breaks up but then your left with the problem that the other guy had so you will need to retain the hole and fit a new bigger plug or helicoil it

 

retain the hole lol re-thread is what I meant

 

http://www.timesert.com/html/mtrcsert.html

Use a time-sert. Better than Heli-coil. I've seen cars come from the factory with these and I've used them on buggered Audi oil pan drain plugs. They won't back out like a heli-coil.

 

id get a new pan from a junkyard and say fvck that old one... it also makes me wonder when the last time the oil was changed in your car.....

 

^Agreed and also wondered.