draining the oil

[PetrolHeadPete]

know this has been partly covered elsewhere but...
I can't seem to get the oil reservoir drain plug out!
Ok, its awkward to get at without the car on ramps
but is it really possible that its so tight...getting worried
its not a reverse thread or owt daft like that is it?

[Russian Rocket]

Oil reservoir plug



Sump drain plug, only fitted to later engines I think

Both standard threads

Edited by Russian Rocket on Thursday 15th January 20:22

[PetrolHeadPete]

u r a star!

[BGB autosport]

Is that drain plug really as high as it looks? ( The engine one)

Edited by BGB autosport on Friday 16th January 08:45

[Russian Rocket]

the sump plug does look high to me, It made me wonder for a long time if that is what it was.

However when removed it is definatley a oil plug, has a magnet bit to catch worn bits. with the car flat can get 2 litres oil out

[PetrolHeadPete]

What a nightnmare ! First thought it was cross threaded...just couldnt get it out while in-situ
Ended up removing the reservoir tank and had to drill the damn thing out ! Used a strong magnet to get all the swarf out of the tank. No idea why it was stuck. tried heating it cooling it, whacking it, swearing at it. In the end just drilled it, and after I'd used a 13mm drill the thing just unthreaded like nothing was wrong :-(

Edited by PetrolHeadPete on Sunday 18th January 10:59

[PetrolHeadPete]

there seems to be a 3rd plug
In the 2nd pic if you zoom in to the
other side of the sump at around the
same front-back location as the normal
plug there's a 17mm bolt head
This is on the bottom of the hp oil pump
I think and its about the lowest point
Undoing it reveals a spring ? captive
in the plug and a special metal+rubber
washer thingy
Got a good gulp more oil out of there

Some its 'all' out now...phew what a pig of
a job

[Russian Rocket]

oil pressure release valve