changed the oil. fought to crack the sump plug. tightened it up to proper man-guess-torque. and its dripping very slowly. not sure i wanna go as tight s it was when i removed it. so i bought a oil drain plug and washer of Justkampers. https://www.justkampers.com/n029701...0cc-2100cc-watercooled-1979-1992-diesels.html and its the wrong one. this is the small drain plug on the removable plate on the sump. i have a much bigger drain plug (like i would expect to find on any motor) closer to the oil filter. but justkampers dont stock anything else . type 4 2lt in a 1978 bay. any suggestions.
Don't over tighten that nut! Lots of threads on this here. You can kill your engine if you go over the recommended 9 or 10 ftlb.
not me. i removed the large oil drain plug with some major elbow action. the drain plug in the strainer plate is still where it was put by someone else and i intend to leave it there. the plug JK sent me is for the drainer plate plug (im guessing) as its smaller
i remember when i was looking before the oil change you lot were getting twichy bum holes about the strainer replacement. i now know that every time someone tries to remove an oil strainer, somewhere in the world a small cute kitten dies. my haynes manual suggest replacing it every 6000 miles.
I bought my replacement sump plug A from Euro Car Parts 333440181 Sump Plug Volkswagen Transporter 2.0 1977 £2.89 Hope that's what you are after.
I won't be changing mine. Oil and filter every 3000 and that's it. I'm not going to do vast mileage though.
Did you put a coppeer crush washer on? And just in case it's not been said enough... leave the strainer alone.. unless you want to spend a winter in a garage with a Bentley manual and a tablet permanently logged into this site.... Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk
The strainer nut is a special, not a bolt. There are two sizes of drain plug though. Maybe you got a plug for a type-1 strainer plate.
The Haynes can be ignored on this one I reckon. I changed mine 7 years ago when we got the bus and I've not touched it since and to be honest as long as you do regular oil and filter changes I can't see as the strainer does much anyway. When I did mine it was pretty clean despite the oil looking a bit past it. And I don't know if it's been mentioned but don't overtighten the nut.....
Two sizes of drain plugs (A) were fitted, M12X1.5 part number 171941550 or M14X1.5 part number N 0297012. The smaller one is more common. The strainer nut (B) is not a drain plug.
Was there anything wrong with the plug you took out?.. just put a new crush washer on that? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
As above there should be crush washer. If you try to reuse it it may not seal. You can sometimes revive a crush washer by sanding both sides on fine grit paper
If it's a solid copper or aluminium washer and not a Dowty seal you can perk them up by annealing them too.
I used to put a tiny little bit of PTFE round my drain plug as well as the copper washer that would squash up nicely , not on the little 10mm ones you gotta go careful with them
