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| vintage914racer |
 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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| vintage914racer |
Sep 10 2004, 01:38 PM
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Yes. As far as I know. Some pictures I found show the plug and the spring and some show a piece that goes in on the "plug" side. Only a spring came off with the plug in the drain pan and my mechanic said that is the way it is on this car. The car runs and has proper oil pressure and he says everything will be ok.
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