My oil plug is stripped and just keeps spinning in the oil pan. I cant get it out. Any Tips?

I tried pulling it out with vice grips but the dam thing just keeps spinning in the socket. Money is very tight and Im lacking mechanical brains. I just need to get the plug out and put in a self tapping 1. My oil plug is stripped and just keeps spinning in the oil pan. I cant get it out. Any Tips?
that sounds like a bad situation as it sounds like the nut welded inside the pan has come un-welded and won't let the oil plug come out, you are going to have to take the oil pan off and either get a new one or have that one fixed, sorry.My oil plug is stripped and just keeps spinning in the oil pan. I cant get it out. Any Tips?
Since it's already stripped try driving a screwdriver blade between the pan and the shoulders on the plug then try to loosen it.Do it on the side so the blade doesn't hit the body of the drain plug.You might have to try a few times.If the screwdriver doesn't work try a thin chisel.Sometimes you have to put one on each side of the plug.
If this is a steel oil pan, then the welded nut on the inside of the pan has broken loose. Your cheapest bet would be to remove the pan and replace it with one from a wrecking yard in good shape or weld a new nut inside the pan, and replace the plug. Do not tighten the new plug to more than 25-30 ft.lbs. That's what killed it to begin with.
you are going to end up replacing the pan. even if you are able to get the old plug out the pan will be damaged and leak. even a self tapping bolt is only short term fix for a long term problem. i feel for you, look into the price of a pan and save the money up.
Time to get out the drill!





Hold it steady with vice grips and use the biggest drill bit you can because you're going to have to wrestle whatever remains out of the pan.





I'm glad you're doing that job and not me.
daymn your in a tight one aint cha well do what the guy sayd with the screwdriver, if that dont works then you need a new pan cause you need to take it off and you might as well replace it since its off.
I would remove the oil pan, and either drill or cut the plug out. The retap the pan and install a larger plug. You'll need to replace the oil pan gasket before reinstalling the oil pan.
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