9 replies to this topic

[brad-the-bear]

Plan is to helicoil it, doesn't look like there is much room to do in situ but is it possible?

Cheers
bear.

[Wise Old Elf]

Did mine insitu. You just need to ensure you drill the hole straight and get all the swarf out.

[dklawson]

As above, it can be done in place.   Make sure you keep the drill bit and tap perpendicular to the spotface where the drain plug sits.  After draining out as much oil as possible, you can pack the flutes of the drill bit and tap with grease to catch most of the swarf that will be created.

[Tamworthbay]

I have done one in situ in the past. I used the recently drained oil to flush out the swarf, then refilled with nice clean oil at the end.

[KernowCooper]

If you do one in place it would be insuranne to change the oil filter after a short run as any bits of alloy swarf wont get picked up on the magnetic plug

[brad-the-bear]

thanks for the replies guys!

 

Hopefully going to be coiling it at the weekend, ive got a second filter and 5ltrs of 20w/50 oil so I'll suck most of the alloy swarf out, flush that old oil through and then put the new oil in, run it for a 20 mins, drain it again, swap the filter and put in the good oil. may sound abit long winded but its a new engine! aha

 

cheers guys,

bear. 

[myredmini]

What i would personally do is exactly as above with the grease etc but once complete (as long as the oil is free from bits or filtered) leave the plug out and pour the oil in and let it run straight back out, with the swarf being jusy at the opening it the oil should pick it straight up and out rather than ciriculate if the engine is ran. Then you could fine filter the oil and run it for a few miles and drop it, new filter, fresh oil and happy days. Much cheaper than a teardown to repair damage. Long winded but its what i would do!

[nicklouse]

I just covered the tap with grease wiped it out and fitted the OE brass over size plug.

[brad-the-bear]

I just covered the tap with grease wiped it out and fitted the OE brass over size plug.

 

brass plug? 

[nicklouse]

I just covered the tap with grease wiped it out and fitted the OE brass over size plug.

 
brass plug?

Back in the day you could get an over size brass sump plug. No magnet though.