[mcomet]

Sooooo....
I did my first ever oil change in my Boxster this morning...went mostly fine other that the newbie mistake of letting the oil come out too fast for the container I was using...heh...

However on putting the new drain plug and crush washer on... I set it to the spec 37 ft lb torque.. did not click and I seemingly went too far and started stripping the 8mm socket hole... I know I stopped as soon as I caught it... I should have stopped when it felt "tight"... Don't know why this happened... but I can gather an Alumnimum plug is not a good mix here or maybe my socket wasn't all the way in or something...

Regardless I am left with a drain plug that may or may not be removeable... I left it for now and finished the oil change... Anyone have any advice for how to get this out next time now? And also a replacement drain plug rather than the aluminum one? I seem to have read about an LN one? I might just take to dealer next to let them deal with removal...sigh.

thanks,
comet