# Oil Pan Drain Plug

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-pan-drain-plug/54624>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** plug, camry, oil, toyota\
**Created:** [September 3, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-pan-drain-plug/54624 "2010-09-03T23:04:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![patjxtc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@patjxtc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/patjxtc)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-pan-drain-plug/54624/21 "2016-12-29T04:15:32Z")

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perhaps try to grab the head of the bolt and twist it down and out of the pan , then tap for a larger thread or whatever you have to do .

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-pan-drain-plug/54624/22 "2016-12-29T04:18:11Z")

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I am going to try something:

THIS IS AN OLD THREAD AND NO LONGER USEFUL . LEAVE IT ALONE TO DIE A PEACEFUL DEATH!!

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-pan-drain-plug/54624/23 "2016-12-29T04:51:51Z")

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This isn’t the last stripped drain plug in the world, people search and read these threads every day.

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-pan-drain-plug/54624/24 "2016-12-29T04:54:17Z")

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Using a slide hammer to remove a steel drain plug from a steel oil pan will ensure the oil pan gets replaced, there is 1/4" of threaded drain plug beyond the oil pan nut, the drain plug won’t pull out without a fight.

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