C5 Oil Drain Plug
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Yes. More of an O-ring, iirc. Anyway, in my humble opinion, if you're buying anything new in regards to the drain plug, I'd look into a magnetic drain plug. Can't hurt anything, and you may be surprised what it catches!!
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14-'15
So it sits in the tool box for now.
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I did an end run around any questions about leaks by installing a valve made to replace the drain plug. I am pleased with what I feel is a trick part in that it works well and only had to be installed without leaks once, instead of every time. Not that his was ever a big issue, but flipping a lever to drain the oil is even easier.
I bought the valve from a supporting seller, it is a dedicated tight ball valve with a spring loaded safety on the open lever, made in Japan. Appears to be a bronze casting with a stainless ball captured with red nylon, so not magnetic. if magnets are desired, they would have to be external on the oil filter.
Another phantom issue it solved for me was that I never liked screwing a harder bolt into the softer oil pan threads,
I bought the valve from a supporting seller, it is a dedicated tight ball valve with a spring loaded safety on the open lever, made in Japan. Appears to be a bronze casting with a stainless ball captured with red nylon, so not magnetic. if magnets are desired, they would have to be external on the oil filter.
Another phantom issue it solved for me was that I never liked screwing a harder bolt into the softer oil pan threads,
Last edited by strand rider; Aug 9, 2021 at 04:51 PM.
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I did an end run around any questions about leaks by installing a valve made to replace the drain plug. I am pleased with what I feel is a trick part in that it works well and only had to be installed without leaks once, instead of every time. Not that his was ever a big issue, but flipping a lever to drain the oil is even easier.
I bought the valve from a supporting seller, it is a dedicated tight ball valve with a spring loaded safety on the open lever, made in Japan. Appears to be a bronze casting with a stainless ball captured with red nylon, so not magnetic. if magnets are desired, they would have to be external on the oil filter.
Another phantom issue it solved for me was that I never liked screwing a harder bolt into the softer oil pan threads,
I bought the valve from a supporting seller, it is a dedicated tight ball valve with a spring loaded safety on the open lever, made in Japan. Appears to be a bronze casting with a stainless ball captured with red nylon, so not magnetic. if magnets are desired, they would have to be external on the oil filter.
Another phantom issue it solved for me was that I never liked screwing a harder bolt into the softer oil pan threads,
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From: Redondo Beach CA
thanks for the insight. I had seen the oil filter magnets for sale, but had no idea about their application or worth. I had even less of an idea about the direction of oil flow that would make a magnet on the oil filter irrelevant. I am not OCD enough to put the oil through a filter , just in case of shiny stuff, when it is discharged.
Last edited by strand rider; Aug 11, 2021 at 07:24 PM.
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thanks for the insight. I had seen the oil filter magnets for sale, but had no idea about their application or worth. I had even less of an idea about the direction of oil flow that would make a magnet on the oil filter irrelevant. I am not OCD enough to put the oil through a filter , just in case of shiny stuff, when it is discharged.