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> oil change, spring on oil plug
vintage914racer
post Sep 9 2004, 03:57 PM
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So I decided to change the oil on my racecar myself, after usually having my mechanic do it during check ups, and was surprised with a spring behind the oil plug. At first I thought nothing of it, until I let all the oil out and tried to put the plug back in. To make a long story short it took a lot of time, cursing and effort to get the thing back in. What I am wondering if is this something on all 6 cylinders, or is it something special? I've changed oil in plenty of other cars, but have never seen anything like it. I remember my mechanic talking about some kind of oil pressure thingy down there, but right now my memory fails me.
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post Sep 9 2004, 04:26 PM
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Originally I focused on the circular plate on the bottom of the engine, thinking the drain plug would be under there. After removing a couple of the nuts oil started leaking and I thought maybe I was at the wrong place. At that point I went Aha, and saw what I thought was the drain plug. The engine is based on a 2.0l block so is this an "originalish" engine? If I remove all the nuts on the circular plate on the bottom center of the engine will I find the right drain plug? If so is it normal for oil to leak out of that plate when removing a couple of nuts? I feel like an idiot now, thinking that I went to way too much trouble and now have to start all over again, plus I have to pay for another 11 quarts of mobil 1. Does anyone have a picture of where exactly I need to go to find the drain plug? This reminds me of the stories I hear of people going to jiffy lube to get their oil changed in their brand new audi and find that the high school kid working there emptied the tranny fluid and added an additional 6 quarts of oil to the engine.
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