Varning: Magnetic oil drain plug from ebay

Killerwhale · Post by **Killerwhale** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:48 am

Was changing oil this weekend and got sweaty.
The magnetic oil drain screw bought from evilbay just shredded the threads out of the engine.
LUCKILY i had the standard much longer one here so i could use that....but beware. ItÃƒâ€šÃ‚Â´s CRAP!!

youngy · Post by **youngy** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:00 am

bad workman, tools etc etc

Killerwhale · Post by **Killerwhale** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:04 am

martin young wrote:bad workman, tools etc etc

What are you speculating in here?
I was nowhere near the Nm on the moment wrench.

Post by **phuk72** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:18 pm

Hold the front page.

Man buys crap product from ebay

kenmore · Post by **kenmore** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:11 am

Thanks for the heads-up. Was thinking that they were a good idea.I,ll keep my hard earned for something else.
Thats the good thing about this sight, we can all save each other a lot of time and money so then we can do the important thing and ride our trixies.

Killerwhale · Post by **Killerwhale** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:47 am

kenmore wrote:Thanks for the heads-up. Was thinking that they were a good idea.I,ll keep my hard earned for something else.
Thats the good thing about this sight, we can all save each other a lot of time and money so then we can do the important thing and ride our trixies.

Glad to help, even if some guyÃƒâ€šÃ‚Â´s in here are just fekked sometimes

HolerTogni · Post by **HolerTogni** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:35 pm

Hi (thread) Killer!

Killerwhale wrote:...
I was nowhere near the Nm on the moment wrench.

I bought some off Louis and when tightening I found that quit a bit before reaching the recommended torque my feeling said "STOP!"

Since at every oil change there's a little swarf on the magnet I keep the magnetic screw and just tighten it not with the recommended torque but enough to keep it from dripping and from damaging the thread.

Feeling greetins from Munich!

Quan-Time · Post by **Quan-Time** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:19 am

if you have access to a lathe, you can buy a magnet, drill a hole in the plug, push the magnet in and loctite it into place.

As for torque settings on a oil drain plug, ive NEVER used it.. always done the feel method.. Never leaks, never strips..

But i wouldnt argue the fact its NOT the best way of doing it.. but it works for me.

Biffidus · Post by **Biffidus** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:57 am

Also, with a shorter threaded section you shouldn't be using as much pressure!

Trixz · Post by **Trixz** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:43 pm

I use the recommended Nm for a lot of bolts, but for the oilplug, just a wrench and my 'just tight is tight enough' works fine

In 2 weeks time, the oil change is about to happen again so....

Greetz
Gerben

Post by **Max** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:08 am

I buddy of mine trashed his engine with one of those little gems. Autopsy revealed a bunch of ground up parts and... no magnet. It came off and attached itself to something moving.

Quan-Time · Post by **Quan-Time** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:14 am

OUCH... thats ... not good.

how the hell does that happen ? must have been made out of putty or some crap.

Post by **Max** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:31 am

More like the goo holding it in let go methinks...

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