Leaving for st anthony tommorrow and just stripped the threads in the bottom of the motor for the oil plug. I need to fix it by 5 pm tommorrow. Anyone have any options?? Anyone have a thread repair or replacement kit at home or other options?? Please help if you can.
well there was a guy a few weeks ago I forget his name that had the same problem and the replies were yes bmw has the drain plug repair kit for something like $150.00 but he took it to his dealer and then ended up using a spark plug thread repair kit he said they were the same size, he said it worked good, hope this helps, let us know what you do
When I did mine I first bought a longer Bolt from our local Pep Boys. Dried the threads real good. Used blue lock tight and also used RTV silicone between the bolt flange and the case. Just to make sure it didn't leak. The longer bolt (about 1/4" to 3/8" longer) was able to grab the good threads up in the oil drain hole. Lock tight on th threads cause I only re torqued it to 20 lbs. The silicone cause the new drain bolt flange and case where not an exact match.
Like you I needed a very quick fix and this worked for me.
After I returned home and had time. I used the Spark plug helicoil method. Worked great...too.
I have the return line from the turbo returning to the oil plug so a longer bolt won't work. Where did you find the spark plug repair kit? Thanks for the replys.
after the repair kit is used the plug is a different size. I have to have the same size so the return line feed for the turbo does not have to be changed. I am going to try summit. None fo the auto part stores have the right size spark plug repair kit. Any one know where a kit that the same size plug can be used?
I ended up buying a helicoil kit for 18 mm spark plugs for 145$. I have the tools and helicoils to fix my plug 24 times??? If anyone has this problem remember me cause I have the extras to fix yours too!!!!
Happy to here you found a spark plug kit. A little pricy for sure though. I think I payed 65 for mine. But it only came with. 6) 18mm helicoils, 1) Tap and helicoil install tool and 1) drill bit. The drill bit I modified so it would not drill into the sump screen that is just above the oil drain hole.
I purchased my kit from Mc Fadden Dales Industrial harware here in corona.
Help. Oil plug stripped? Fix???
