kial007

Hey man, just be glad you didn't forget to put the plug in. I actually did this once, talk about a moment of stupidity. Luckily the unfamilar sound of a quart of new oil pouring onto the groung reminded me that the plug was not in.

MikeyCB

Very nice, that'll get you moving to find a catch pan in a hurry!

My buddy did something similar on his truck, only he was lying underneath "checking for leaks as I refilled the oil on his truck. He screwed the new oil-filter on but forget to replace the drain plug. Oops.

That's like stain #27 on the floor of his garage (and his shirt).

srl311too

I had a plug that was leaking so I wanted to change the washer. Removed the oil cap, fitted a shop vac hose to the opening and replaced the washer. No oil loss!

iam7head

it's all the design, it's like asking why there's sparkplug with gasket and there's gasketless plugs.

honda's flat mating surface needs a piece of gasket/washer there, when you look closely the aluminum alloy washer actually deform under the pressure and form a seal around the bolt.

toyota use a similar design but with a plastic/rubber coated surface.

my mazda use a gasketless design, but the mating surface was taper to the end, it just need to torque down and there's no leak.

YoMattYo

Yeah, like people have already stated, it's all designed this way for a reason.

There is a torque specification and you most definitly don't want to tighten it as much as you can. Just turn until you feel the washer crush, you can go a little farther than that but you gotta be careful not to over tighten.

As far as re-using washers, that's a big no no. C'mon, you cannot tell me you can afford an S2K and can't get a 25 cent washer.

jdmgpw04

fawk it do it you could probably loose 1 qtz. take the bolt off and put your finger in it that way it will stop, it might be a little wet and sticky and maybe hot.. sometimes





yea nothing is wrong reusing the washer not more than 3-4 times though ... i only do this if i have no choice ..... sometimes i always forget to ask the dealer for it.. some dealer will provide without asking but some are stupid enough not to give you one... and no im not cheap........ so if i have no choice oh well ill reuse..

dalink

They are like 4 or 5 dollars from the dealships...! I just changed my girl friends oil and I paid 10 dollars for the oil filter and crush washer. The washer was 3.xx. Just seems a bit silly to me. Honda dealer ship charges like 1.xx around here. Just found it odd that it was 3.xx, kinda gay if you ask me.

HARDtoTOP

wow, they are bending you over at that price!

slalom44

Handa Accessories sells them for 19 cents each!

RACER

[QUOTE=ESCALVANTE,Nov 3 2007, 01:30 AM]How much do you guys tighten it?