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Originally Posted by Qingdao (Post 624177)

I daily drive a turbo RX7 your offsets mean nothing LOL :cheers:

But yeah no reason to drop all your oil. Just put a rubber plug (or just your finger) in there while you figure out what went wrong. Its not like you're holding anything but a few centimeters of head pressure.

I went (driving the Boxster, NOT the Prius in getting there!) to the drags in Norwalk, OH, a few years ago, and saw a bumper sticker there that caught my eye. It was on something ridiculous and monstrous like a SRT Hellcat, and declared something to the effect of

Thank you Prius owners—I just guzzled down all the gas you saved!

So, having mentioned the wife’s Prius (which I really wouldn’t totally mind if the damn thing just had some leg room!), I sorta expected a response along these lines. I just didn’t know who would be the source. I should have known.. :cheers:

ALL GOOD NOW...."no runs, no drips, no errors"....LOL It made a big difference when they tightened the drain plug according to the specs!....LOL

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Originally Posted by JFP in PA (Post 621754)

I would not bet on that. We have installed a lot of these plugs, torqued them to LN’s specs, and never had a problem with them. That said, we have also seen quite a few that we did not install that had become “problems”. The common denominator between the two seemed to us to be how they were installed. After multiple oil changes (which we did), the plugs we installed looked brand new; the problem plugs brought to us for the most part looked like they had been through a war with Allan flats rounded off, parts of the plug head chewed up, and some in so tight that they must have been installed with a breaker bar.

Does LN supply the Porsche crush washer with their plug? If not I have I have been a very lucky dude..

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Originally Posted by jaykay (Post 625764)

Does LN supply the Porsche crush washer with their plug? If not I have I have been a very lucky dude..

I have no idea whose crush washer they use, but I have used the factory crush washers as replacements on the LN plug for years without any issues.

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Originally Posted by JFP in PA (Post 625772)

I have no idea whose crush washer they use, but I have used the factory crush washers as replacements on the LN plug for years without any issues.

+1. OEM crush washers from Amazon and proper torque, which I think is stamped on the LN plug.

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Originally Posted by JFP in PA (Post 625772)

I have no idea whose crush washer they use, but I have used the factory crush washers as replacements on the LN plug for years without any issues.

Thanks JFP....you got it even if I typed that the wrong way...

I just changed the oil on my Subaru yesterday. The drain plug has a 17mm hex so I chucked it in my lathe to countersink a 3/8" OD magnet that I got from our local home improvement store. BTW: I like to add a small smear of liquid teflon on the crush washer at the base of the threads.

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Originally Posted by Twin headlight Ernie (Post 625786)

That's a great idea! I guess the only downside is that it may weaken the plug and it could break? But I seriously doubt it because there should still be plenty of meat left on the plug. Did you use any kind of glue or was it a press fit?

BTW, regarding the crush washers, I re-use the ones on my Subarus all the time. Even the parts manager at the dealer once told me that I can get several uses out of one. I don't know if that necessarily applies to the Porsches, but I've done one oil change on mine and I re-used it without any issue. I'm thinking that such a low torque spec on the LN plug may be the primary cause of all these leaks everyone's having.