Vw Jetta Oil Drain Plug Stripped

I had the car towed to the dealer.

Vw jetta oil drain plug stripped. The oil drain plug on my 2011 jetta tdi sportwagon fell out today. For professional repairs place your trust in gaskets gasket sets and service parts from elring the reliable and experienced supplier of spare parts to original. New oversized oil drain plug. Like an idiot i took it to walmart to have the oil changed.

As i was waiting a technician told me that the thread for the oil drain plug was losing threading and that it could be re coiled to fit another drain plug. I guess the last person to change my oil tighten it too tight these volkswagen have a nut welded on the inside of the oil pan in the oil plug screws into it evidently. They stripped the drain plug and now it leaks oil i went back to walmart and complained and they insisted they hadn t done anything wrong and the plug was already sripped when i brought it in. Oil pan drain plug repair kit allows you to fix your stripped or damaged drain plug threads on your tdi oil pan.

Stripped oil drain plug i recently bought a 2004 vw jetta gl and got the oil changed at a popular chain. I was told this is fairly common because the plug is steel and the pan is aluminum and they can t tighten the plug too much or it will strip the pan. I have a 2004 jetta. Kit includes everything you need to fix the oil pan by replacing your oil drain plug with an oversized plug.

It did not leak oil prior to my visit to walmart. 2011 vw jetta sportwagon tdi. Stripped oil pan drain plug threads. What to do if you over tighten the cap nuts on the oil drain plate it s easier to do than you may think.

Now the vw dealer says it cannot be repaired and i need to replace the.