Sump plug very tight.....

[dishman]

Thought it best to check this before opening a can of worms

Sump plug seems to be on very very tight. I naively assumed it would not be that bad. But the tools I had initially slipped on it.

I stopped trying immediately (to avoid shredding it) with my small tools/spanner and now have a very good socket set and long bar.

However, before I try, I suddenly considered the issue of it somehow being cross threaded. I have no reason to suspect it is other than being surprised by how tight it seems to be (it looks very tight to the pan and perhaps not quite flush but it is hard to say).

My question is, if it is cross threaded. It is just a case of I have to hope and try it, and if it is, new pan is needed regardless?

Thought it best to check before actually loosening it.

 

[Mottie]

Go to a garage that has an oil vacuum remover and get it sucked out. Many years ago, before oil vacuum draining was even a thing, I had a car come in for a service but the sump plug was araldited in, possibly because it had a stripped thread. After speaking to the owner, I took no chances, loosened the oil filter, put the oil drainer tray underneath and ran the engine until the oil stopped pìssing out. It didn’t take long. A bit of a messy job and I got most of the oil out but better than finding out there was no thread in the sump.

 

[Wayners]

I normally do my own oil change.
Twist oil filter a bit and sump plug and you are good to go.
I once fell for a bargain offer but it went wrong.
My sump plug was stuck when I dropped off car at local garage. Don't want to name it but think or racing cars.
Was a Sunday offer and sump plug rounded off when they tried to remove it, so I took car to my normal garage (twice the price) and admitted what happened which was embarrassing.
They were going to weld a nut on it, but before they did the guy put a jawed money wrench on it and nut came out easy he said.
Go figure!

If you want to try again. Use a 6 sided socket. Don't use a star socket as that only sits on the nut points and will round off.
Use a breaker bar out socket set or whatever you have to get some force too crack it open.

It you feel unhappy abandon and get garage to do it

 

[mikehammer69]

You said small tools

I would try it with the bar and correct socket

 

[Burnerman]

What vehicle do you have.......hopefully with a hexagon plug rather than Torx
John

 

[Tigercubrider]

Is the engine nice and hot?