tycmills3

Looks like after market gasket is on. just had oil changed saturday and now it is leaking. could i just get a new gasket and pull the plug and replace quickly? whats torque to? seems like they may have overtorqed it. what could be bad with over torquing?

freebird518

There is an O-ring style seal in the actual plug, over torquing it might have pinched the o-ring. Not sure if you can just buy the o-ring, or you need the whole plug+ring.

tycmills3

Has anyone else had this happen?
And thanks for the response freebird518!

Turkey Hunter

Never seen an oring or gasket on one. Put some thread tape on it and sit back with a cold budlight and call it a day lol.

tycmills3

Would some sealant work?

Mod (Ret.)

Go to a hardware store and buy a copper washer. Replace it every 3-4 oil changes. The copper washer crushes slightly to create a good seal. Avoid any type of sealer. Go the copper washer route. Many autos come with this installed on their drain plug from the factory.

freebird518

Since the factory plug comes with a seal built in (not sure if its replaceable) I would just go to ford and get a new drain plug with seal. IIRC they are only 14$.

I wouldn't put any sort of sealer on there.

The copper washer is a good idea though!