oil drain plug what?

[calimus@techography.net (calimus)]

Sadly enough, in the last few months, I've been hearing about this exact
problem from people that o to the Local VW dealership here where I live.
Yes that's right it's the Vortex's favoite dealer, Jim Ellis VW of
Merrietta.  Our local VW club president had his daugters NB 2.0T oil changed
at the dealer as it's part of the service agreement.  Same day just a few
hours later, her oil light came on and she pulled off the highway to find
the entire back of the car covered in oil.  While the engine survived, the
turbo did not, so that had to be replaced as well.

When the car was taken back to the dealership, the service manager there
(while very nice and appoligetic) said that this has been a pluaging problem
since if you over tighten the newer oil pan bolts, the pan will get stripped
out and you will end up needing a new pan.  Aparently it's "so" easy to do
that they keep a large stock of them (oil pans) in the repair center just in
case.  Top that off with the new VW/Audi's using a crush gasket witht he oil
drain plug that has to be replaced every time the plug is removed or you
will leak oil.  Not positive on how true that last bit is, but with they way
other things have been going on the newer VW's, I'd prollie believe it.

William
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh20V" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 12:33 AM
Subject: oil drain plug what?


> So anyways, this post doesnt have a Scirocco in it, in case that is a live
> or die issue for somebody. :D
>
>
> I drove over to CT today to pick up a donor Head, and wiring/etc for my
> 2.0/18 16v swap into Caddy #2. To get to where I was going you have to go
> from Albany NY, into Massachusetts, and then south into Connecticut.. I
get
> down, meet Brian, get the engine in the back of Caddy #1, and head home.
> Gotta love 70 hp :D
>
> So Im right at the MA/NY border getting ready to get onto Interstate 90 to
> head back to Albany, and I look over at this gas station, and what do I
see?
> A silver VR6 Corrado parked with the hood open. Well, pull a U-turn and
head
> over to see what's going on. I pull up, and its an older guy with his
early
> 20s son, the 1st thing I notice is the pool of oil under the car. The
father
> gets out, and we start to talk. He said the oil light had just come on
> suddenly, so he got off the highway, pulled in and parked where he now
sat,
> and he had no clue what was wrong but he had called AAA. My 1st step to
> diagnosing the issue was to ask when the last time he had the car
serviced.
> Oddly enough it had been into a VW repair facility just 2 days prior
getting
> an oil change. As with anybody reading this, the bells in my head went
off!
> I crawled under the car, and what did my finger find? A nice open hole in
> the back of the oil pan. Great I thought,  I can pull the plug off the
> engine I had in the back of the Caddy, but of course that idea wasn't very
> sound,  since it wasn't the right thread pattern..
>
> So picture this, sitting on the border of NY, and MA and about 40+ miles
> from the closest parts supply that I could think of.  After using my cell
to
> see if anybody had a better idea, I went off on the great drain plug
search
> of 2003. Amazingly as I was going past a closed (and very hick) Ford
> dealership in W.Stockbridge, I noticed a bay open, and cruised in. A tech
> was working on his personal car and had no problems setting me up with the
> right plug. I barrow a socket and ratchet and headed beck, got the guy
> patched up, got oil in it, and it purred like a VR. :D
>
> I think the highlight of it all was when I figured out that the plug I had
> would not fit, the son (speaking for about the only time) asked if we
could
> just tape the drain over.......
>
> Josh Able
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