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Old 10-31-2005, 09:42 PM
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Oil pan woes

Window regulator went out over the weekend, and I was close to the edit on the green service lights, so I told the dealer to go ahead and take care of the oil service. I get a call tonight saying that the oil drain plug hole is stripped out. Needs a new oil pan. Cost? Only $190 for the part and 3 hours labor. That's about $500 bones. Yeesh.

Maybe one of you guys here can answer this:

If I was underneath a car, doing the oil change and noticed that the drain plug hole was stripped, and the car had less than 100K on the odometer, I'd drill a larger hole and tap it and get a larger plug. Cost about $5. Why would that not be a good idea?

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