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MIssing Crush Washer?
I'm going through a list of items on a new to me 2001 Boxster S and am in the middle of an oil change.
Order my parts from Pelican, including filter, o-ring, and crush washer.
However when I removed the drainplug, there is no crush washer. There have been no leaks and there's no evidence there was any leakage previously. The drain plug was torqued on pretty tight. I thought maybe the crush washer became mated with the oil pan, so I took a small pick and tried to see if maybe it just didn't separate, but it's either not there, or it's become totally fused to the oil pan.
Has anyone else come across a situation where the crush washer was missing, or where it became so fused to the oil pan that you couldn't tell where the oil pan stops and the crush washer starts?
I thought it was possible the washer fell into my oil catch basin, but I've emptied it and I can't find the old crush washer anywhere.
Thoughts?
Chris
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