I own a 2006 Honda Accord. It is the manual EX model with a V6 engine (in case you want some specifics). I’ve been taking my car to the same shop since I bought it for oil changes. I am currently at 63,000 and I have had approximately 11 or 12 oil changes. I use synthetic oil, so I typically go some…

First, if your oil pan bolt/threads are stripped and this is the only shop that has touched, then I would say it is pretty much all their responsibility. These things do not “wear out” aluminum or not. They are only improperly handled - like cross threaded and overtightened. You are not at all li…

If you can show that your last requisite oil change was done by another mechanic instead of you, then it may be sufficient to prove that these new guys are the proximate-cause of the problem regardless of their claims otherwise. But I digress… Yes, re-tapping it in my opinion would be the most pr…

Aluminum or steel, it matters not. Stripped threads are due to overtightening and/or failure to use a gasket under the drain plug. Aluminum is weaker than steel, there is no doubt about that. However, it’s perfectly acceptable as long as the threads are not abused. If they’re going to use the argu…

Just to give some numbers to compare against: I have a '93 Honda Civic with 147k miles. Since new, along the years, I’ve changed the engine oil exactly 33 times. Every single time I used on the drain bolt a 14mm Honda crush-washer (Honda part # 94109-14000), and I torqued the drain bolt with a torq…

I would also add this. Sometimes what happens is that someone overtightens a drain plug, etc. and this does not strip the threads but it does “pull” them. This means the threads are distorted upwards. Eventually these weakened threads may simply give up after a number of drain plug in and outs. (es…

Wow - I really appreciate all the very helpful info. I am going to print these responses out and use them as backup when I go to talk to the shop. I am glad to have some support to what was just a hunch. Thanks everyone a million for taking time out to share your thoughts and experience with me. I a…

Here’s what I use to repair stripped out oil pans http://www.timesert.com/html/drainplug.html It’s lot cheaper than replacing the oil pan/gasket. Tester

I wonder what this shop would say about the shallow thread drain plugs on my antique Harleys; one being 60 years old and the other at 66. Just imagine how many times those plugs have been in and out of the aluminum crankcases over the years, not even counting the 30 plus years I’ve owned them.

I put this concern to the shop, and was told that today’s oil pans aren’t as strong as they once were, often made of aluminum. That answer is complete and unadulterated B.S. I don’t care how flimsy your oil pan is. If they replaced the soft aluminum crush washer and used a torque wrench as they …

Stripped 2006 Honda Accord Oil Pan

Maintenance/Repairs

nfs480 April 7, 2010, 12:24am 4

Those Honda V6 oil pans are relatively heavy duty, you’d definitely have to overtighten or crossthread them to strip them out. I would try to get them to pay for at least part of the pan if not the whole thing. I work at a quick-lube and even we’d pay for the oil pan if we’re the only ones who’ve touched it.

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