oil drain plug what?

[txrocco@sbcglobal.net (ATS - Patrick Bureau)]

well that and them VW Tech use air wrenches ( Seen it myself on my rocco),to
close that bolt down,  as I screamed HALT in the work bay...(yeah I do shit
like that) - and btw that was first and LAST time ever been to a dealership
for repairs -


ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net


=>-----Original Message-----
=>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of calimus
=>Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 1:09 AM
=>To: Josh20V; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>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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