oil drain plug what?

[deadbolt@mindspring.com (S. Coleman)]

Very true.  VW has even sent out a TSB on proper installation and torque on
the bolt.  22ft/lbs.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "calimus" <calimus@techography.net>
To: "Josh20V" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 2:08 AM
Subject: Re: oil drain plug what?


> 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
> > www.JsHouseOfEuro.com
> > Secure online checkout
> > "S" airdams available
> > 87 Scirocco 1.8t 20v
> > 83 Caddy
> > 82 Caddy
> >
> >
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