Wtf I have an 03 f 150 what a 4.2 liter are you supposed to only hand tighten the oil drain plug? I've never seen a plug that doesn't take a wrench

 

Put a wrench or ratchet on it their are torque specs on them but I just give it a little turn you just hand tighten your asking for trouble

 

Your drain plug must be stripped....

 

There isn't a six point bolt it's. Just something you can put a crescent wrench on or hand tighten. It won't snugg. Down

 

go buy a new drain plug, it should be a 6 point bolt

 

Or theirs no treads left in the pan sounds like the wrong plug was put in it and someone messed up the threads in the pan that metric threads and the kind of plug you are talking about would be a pipe thread you mite have some trouble on your hands

 

What do the threads look like on the plug?

 

What it does when you unscrew it is that it unscrews to a point that lets the oil out but won't remove. As I said you screw it in and will get tight to a certain tightness and just turn ill put up a picture of it when I get home. The gripping area on it is a thin flat strip that you have to barely open the crescent wrench to grip the strip.

Well I'm hoping for the best, I guess ill see in a bit when I can mess with it. Only way I found this was I had my oil changed at a shop and a few days later.....today my car port was covered in oil. Come to find our the guy barely tightened this thing.

 

Yep I was cursing exactly the same thing about a year and half ago. Went to change the oil on my truck after I bought it and no wrench would fit or work. Finally I figured out the bolt was rounded so I bought a bolt out kit (metric larger size) from Sears for 14.99, easily took the bad boy off, and put in a new plug. No problems since. Seems people use too many adjustables on those things and tighten too hard because the built in plastic gasket wears out and instead of buying a new on, they simply try to tighten until the leak stops.
Maybe someone can help, but I THINK the size is either a 13 or 15 MM on the factory bolt.

 

Let me ask you this question not to be ignorant have you ever changed the oil in your truck because iam trying to find out if they messed it up when they changed your oil