Help! Sump drain plug

[Jamin]

Help me please, just tried doing an oil change and started to undo the drain plug and it started to undo and is now just spinning. Obviously the thread has been stripped.   :shock:

what can i do to get it out?

will it need a new sump?

can i use the disco or are the bits of stripped metal likely to get into the oil and circulate in the engine and do damage?

Help!

[ross501]

this happend to me yesterday it was the bolt that had been stripped got a screwdriver behind it to leaver it out whilst undoing the bolt

[Jamin]

Tried that but its not out far enough to get anythig behind  :roll:  Gonna try some molegrips on it tomorrow

[hobbit]

If tou can get a set of mole grips on the plug, try grabbing it vertically with the end of the jaws, rather then the normal way, you will have a better pull downwards to re grab onto the threads

If you are lucky it will be the nut that has stripped the threads, if not you will finish up with the threads on the sump gone west, which will mean a removal anyway, good luck